Summary:
Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson writes from Staunton to Richard Ewell on May, 1862, movements in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Maj. Gen. R. S. EWELL:

STAUNTON,

May 6, 1862.

MY DEAR GEN.:

A woman who came to Harrisonburg with the Federals reports that the enemy, it was said, had orders to fall back to Strasburg. Should they move back there I hope that you will follow as far as may be consistent with your safety, so that they may know that their movements are being watched. I expect to move at least part of my command this evening upon the mission of which I named before leaving you.

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 881-882, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.