Summary:
In this April, 1862, letter to Confederate general Richard Ewell, General Thomas J. Jackson speculates that Union General Nathaniel P. Banks will advance on Staunton.

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Maj. Gen. R. S. EWELL,
Cmdg. Potomac District:

Near Mount Jackson,

April 16, 1862.

MY DEAR GEN.:

On Saturday last the enemy from the vicinity of Warrenton reached the Shenandoah. Said he was going to Banks via Winchester.

Last evening I received a dispatch from Lieut.-Col. Munford of the cavalry, stating that the Federals, under Abercrombie across the Shenandoah at Berry's Ferry, and were moving to Banks. He reports eighteen pieces of artillery and one regiment of New York cavalry.

It appears to me that Banks must soon advance, but it will probably not be across the Blue Ridge, but toward Staunton.

Do you know where Gen. Johnston's headquarters are?

Please forward the accompanying letter to him in haste.

Very truly, yours,

T. J. JACKSON.

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