. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . y.^ On the same day he wrote,— Camp on Beans Station Gap Road, December 17, Sorrel, Assistant Adjutant-General :I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Special Or-ders No. 27, from your head-quarters, of this date, relieving mefrom further duty with this army. If there is no impropriety inmaking inquiry, and I cannot imagine there is, I respectfully re-quest to be informed of the particular reason for the order. Very respectfully, L. McLaws, Major- General. In reply the following was sent: Head
. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . y.^ On the same day he wrote,— Camp on Beans Station Gap Road, December 17, Sorrel, Assistant Adjutant-General :I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Special Or-ders No. 27, from your head-quarters, of this date, relieving mefrom further duty with this army. If there is no impropriety inmaking inquiry, and I cannot imagine there is, I respectfully re-quest to be informed of the particular reason for the order. Very respectfully, L. McLaws, Major- General. In reply the following was sent: Head-quarters near Beans Station, December 17, 1863. Major-General McLaws, Confederate States Army:General,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt ofyour note of to-day, asking for the particular reason for the issueof the order relieving you from duty with this army. In reply Iam directed to say that throughout the campaign on which we areengaged you have exhibited a want of confidence in the effortsand plans which the commanding general has thought proper to.
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