Summary:
In this late April, 1862, letter, Union General Nathaniel P. Banks writes to Secretary of War Stanton on the logistical situation in the Shenandoah Valley. He also reports the retreat of Confederate General Edward Johnson toward Staunton.

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

NEW MARKET,

April 23, 1862.

The freshets have carried away two bridges just completed between Strasburg and Front Royal, the railway bridges at Harper's Ferry, the Opequon this side of Martinsburg, and, we fear, others above Martinsburg. Jackson is believed to be at Stanardsville. Supplies of flour, beef, and forage begin to be plenty. Gen. Johnson said to be retreating from Shenandoah Mountain toward Staunton with about 4,000.

N. P. BANKS,
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 99, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.