ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., November 1, 1860.
Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT, General-in-Chief U. S. Army:
GENERAL: The Secretary of War requests that you will please give the necessary orders for the company of Second Artillery now at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., to proceed to Fayetteville, N. C., and take post at the North Carolina Arsenal.
…………I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. COOPER,
Adjutant-General.