The Hon. RUSSELL A. ALGER, Secretary of War, BY MAJ. GEORGE W. DAVIS, U. S. ARMY, MR. LESLIE J. PERRY, CIVILIAN EXPERT, MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, CIVILIAN EXPERT, Board of Publication. SERIES I-VOLUME LII-IN TWO PARTS. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. PART II.-VOL. LII. CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, WEST FLORIDA, AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. SUPPLEMENT EMBRACING DOCUMENTS FOUND OR RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR INSERTION IN VOLUMES 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 38, 39, 45, AND 49. January 1, 1861-June 30, 1865. WASHINGTON, January 7, 1861. COLE SAUNDERS, Paducah, Ky.: Etheridge-Crittenden bill voted down. All hopes lost. Disunion inevitable. A. L. SAUNDERS. [4.] Hon. D. B. WRIGHT, Jackson, Miss.: WASHINGTON, January 7, 1861. Hope is dead. Secede at once. To-day is the darkest yet. Telegraph the ordinance. Pay here. Letter of Governor by mail. A. G. BROWN. [1.] General C. J. MCRAE, Mobile, Ala.: WASHINGTON, January 9, 1861. President's message* is a recital of existing state of things. Says he is bound to execute the laws, but is powerless, and refers the whole * January 8, 1861. |