Summary:
In this April, 1862, dispatch Union General John C. Fremont informs Nathaniel P. Banks of plans to concentrate on Staunton, VA.

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Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Woodstock:

HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT,

April 5, 1862.

The enemy at Fort Alleghany were 2,600 strong; they were retreating also from Huntersville, Monterey, and generally along our front. We judge to concentrate at Staunton.

J. C. FREMONT.

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