Summary:
Union Chief of Staff Henry Halleck replies to John Pope's August, 1862, plans for Jacob Cox's troops. He suggests a safer route of movement than that by Staunton, VA.

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Maj.-Gen. POPE, Sperryville, Va.:

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

August 7, 1862.

I am of opinion that the route from Covington to Harrisonburg is more safe than that by Staunton. The latter seems to me very hazardous. If Jackson is concentrating at Charlottesville or vicinity he probably intends to turn your right flank, which will render Cox's junction with you impossible. Order as you deem best, but with caution.

H. W. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief.

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