Summary:
In October, 1862, George B. McClellan planned an advance into Virginia by the Army of the Potomac. In this letter he tells General in Chief Henry Halleck that Confederates at Winchester are receiving reinforcements through Staunton.

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Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief:

Near Knoxville,

October 8, 1862

I have moved my headquarters to this place to-day. I am pushing everything as rapidly as possible to get ready for the advance. All the information I can get indicates that the enemy not only hold their position near Winchester, but that they are receiving re-enforcements, probably conscripts, from Richmond, by way of Staunton.

GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
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 19, Serial No. 28, Pages 403, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.