Summary:
In early spring, 1862, Union forces prepared to move in the Shenandoah Valley. In this letter, Union General Robert H. Milroy reports to William S. Rosecrans on the situation, including the possibility of holding Staunton, Virginia.

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Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS:

HUTTONSVILLE, VA.,

March 23, 1862.

Have ordered one company of Tenth Virginia to take charge of Buckhannon; Hyman to report here, and Seventy-third Ohio also. If five or six companies of Fifty-fifth Ohio could take charge of Beverly, Philippi, and Huttonsville I could take, including three companies of cavalry, 4,000 men with me. Richmond's companies are very poorly armed. Could you not hasten their arms to Buckhannon? Could you inform me whether Gen. Cox has moved on Lewisburg or what his intentions are? After taking Monterey and Alleghany I should be re-enforced to make sure of holding possession at Staunton, if thought best to move on there.

R. H. MILROY,
Brig.-Gen.

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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 14, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.