Summary:
During the Spring of 1862, three Union forces under Fremont, Banks, and McDowell advanced up the Shenandoah Valley. In this letter, Union General John C. Fremont coordinates April, 1862, operations with General Nathaniel P. Banks. He comments on the absence of Confederate troops from the Staunton area, and the movement of sick on railroad cars.

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Maj. Gen. N.P. BANKS,
New Market:

WHEELING, VA.,

April 27, 1862.

The movement is right. The force could be rapidly concentrated. If Blenker had been brought quickly forward all my troops would now be in valley, ready to move in co-operation. I should be happy to act with you, and have been hoping authority from the War Department. A dispatch received from Washington last night induces belief that they meditate this move. I will give you prompt information. Milroy reports no troops of the enemy in or about Staunton, and none this side expect one regiment and one battalion of infantry and four companies of cavalry at Buffalo Gap; that on 24th enemy moving all sick on cars eastward, and that large trains loaded with soldiers, supposed to be Johnston's, were passing.

J.C. FREMONT,
Maj.-Gen., Commanding.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 12, Serial No. 18, Pages 111, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.