“The longer you stay at Ramsey's the faster you will get set there. I desire of you by all means to march immediately. The country abounds in cattle, and you must get them under the militia law if they cannot be had otherwise; and as for bread there is no stint at Salisbury, and the cornfields, if there be no other recourse, must supply necessities.”
“The Western Counties are now high spirited, and things there wear a good countenance; 500 Virginia regulars will be here in a day or two, and nothing is wanting but the countenance of your brigade to give life and spirit to our affairs; so let me beg of you, sir, to march on, surmounting and despising all difficulties. Appoint a commissary yourself.”