Summary:
Union general William S. Rosecrans reports to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton on plans in the Valley. He estimates the number of troops John C. Fremont will need for movements around Staunton.

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Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:

WINCHESTER, VA.,

April 16, 1862.

An officer in from Blenker's. Three regiments of Bohlen's brigade crossed Berry's Ferry. The last one lost 60 men and 2 officers, drowned by upsetting the boat. This stopped further crossing there. The remaining troops go to Snicker's Ferry. If you approve my plan orders ought to come at once. Gen. Fremont will not need more than one brigade until he gets down below Staunton. The combined movement will make it easy to re-enforce him from Gen. Banks', while the latter can draw from the remainder of the division toward Luray.

W. S. ROSECRANS.

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