Attached below is an absolutely mind-blowing account of the status of the Virginia militia in 1861, submitted by Governor Letcher to President Davis.
It includes the pre-war "annual consolidated returns of the milita, the Virginia Military Institute, and the State Guard, of arms in both arsenals and in the hands of the militia, are made up from returns of the brigade inspectors after the trainings in May and June and from reports of the superintendent of the Military Institute and superintendent of the armory to the 1st day of October last..."
from the OR|Series 4|Vol.1|pp.381-393 (courtesy Cornell MoA).
It includes the pre-war "annual consolidated returns of the milita, the Virginia Military Institute, and the State Guard, of arms in both arsenals and in the hands of the militia, are made up from returns of the brigade inspectors after the trainings in May and June and from reports of the superintendent of the Military Institute and superintendent of the armory to the 1st day of October last..."
from the OR|Series 4|Vol.1|pp.381-393 (courtesy Cornell MoA).
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