Summary:
Confederate Military Secretary A. L. Long writes General Richard Ewell. He
mentions General Thomas J. Jackson's May 15, 1862, return to Staunton, VA.
Gen. R. S. EWELL,
Cmdg. Forces Swift Run Gap:
Richmond, Va.,
May 15, 1862.
(Received May 17, 2.55 p. m.)
GEN.:
I am directed by Gen. Lee to inform you that you need not feel any further solicitude on account of Gen. Jackson, he having been informed by telegram that he is returning to Staunton, and is probably there by this time.
Gen. Johnston has sent instructions to Gen. Jackson, of which you are doubtless aware. The general thinks that if upon the junction of yours and Gen. Jackson's forces a blow could be struck at Banks, it would make a happy diversion in our favor in other directions.
I am, general, respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. L. LONG,
Col., Military Secretary.
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 891, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
