Summary:
Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson writes from Staunton to General Richard Ewell on aspects of the May, 1862, Valley campaign.

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Maj. Gen. R. S. EWELL:

STAUNTON,

May 6, 1862

GEN.:

Your dispatch of to-day has been received. Has the enemy left Columbia Bridge yet? Do not leave the valley so long as Banks is in it and I am on the expedition of which I spoke to you. If you will follow Banks down the valley you will soon ascertain whether he designs going to cross the Blue Ridge.

I am, general, your obedient servant,

T. J. JACKSON,
Maj.-Gen.

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