MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Pending the final action at Richmond, companies and regiments were
being mustered and armed all over the State, ready for service in the
Confederate army. Early in the spring of 1861, a considerable force,
under command of General Joseph E. Johnston, was concentrated at
Harper's Ferry, where possession of the government property was taken.
Other forces were collected at Philippi, under command of Generals
Pegram and Garnett. But while the forces were being collected in
Western Virginia, events of much greater magnitude were occurring in
the East. Regiment after regiment reported ready for the fray and
took post along the Potomac, ready to repel any invasion.
