Summary:
In April, 1862, before Stonewall Jackson's May offensive, their was little action in the Shenandoah Valley. In this letter, Union General J. J. Abercrombie reports to Nathaniel P. Banks, commanding near Staunton.

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Gen. BANKS, near Staunton:

WARRENTON JUNCTION,

April 29, 1862.

The rebels have left the Rappahannock. I virtually have possession of Warrenton. Every day or two detachments of troops go there. No evidence of the enemy having been there for the last two weeks. The Twelfth and Sixteenth Indiana Regiments go to Washington on the 9th to be mustered out of service.

J.J. ABERCROMBIE,
Brig.-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 116, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.