Summary:
Union General George B. McClellan sends portions of letters intercepted in October, 1862, to General in Chief Henry Halleck. One speaks of troops moving through Staunton to Winchester. Another calls Staunton the center of the Confederacy, and a rendezvous point for troops.

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Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK:

October 22, 1862--8.30 p. m. (Received 9.45 p. m.)

The following information is obtained from letters, dated October 9 and 10, intercepted on the way from Shepherdstown to Baltimore:

Regiments upon regiments of men are passing through Staunton to Winchester. We will soon have a fine army there, and will still have hopes of Maryland rising.

Again:

Do not let Mr. Carroll join the army until we get into the center of Maryland, and then make him join the cavalry.

Another letter says:

My brothers in the army. May call for them sooner than you expect.

Another says:

Staunton being the center of the Confederacy, you know it is rendezvous for troops from all quarters.

GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Maj.-Gen., Cmdg.

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