Summary:
Union Assistant Adjutant General J. C. Kelton forwards to Army of the Potomac commander Ambrose Burnside a November, 1862, report from secret agent Charles Whitlock. He reports part of Jackson's army stationed at Staunton.

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Maj.-Gen. BURNSIDE:

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

November 13, 1862--4 p.m. (Received 4.20 p.m., 13th.)

The following information just received through Gen. Heintzelman's headquarters:

Gen. Lee's headquarters at Orange Court-House; Longstreet at Culpeper; D. H. Hill is at Culpeper; A. P. Hill and Jackson in the Valley of the Shenandoah, part at Newtown, at Staunton, and at Thornton's Gap. A small force at Snickersville Gap and at Ashby's Gap. Conscripts and recovered sick and wounded have arrived, and about made up the loss at Antietam.

Was at Culpeper Friday. No forces at Richmond; army in good condition; use carpets for blankets; have bread and me at enough for the present.

CHARLES WHITLOCK,
Secret Agent.

J. C. KELTON,
Assistant Adjutant-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 574, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.