Summary:
Union General B. S. Roberts writes W. H. Chesebrough to inform him of May, 1863, action in the Valley. Roberts reports on a retreat by Jackson's men toward Staunton. He suggests sending troops to Staunton to trap Jackson.

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Col. W. H. CHESEBROUGH,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen., Baltimore:

WESTON, VA.,

May 15, 1863.

Imboden's and Jackson's forces are effecting their retreat by Summerville, toward Staunton, with their artillery. Jones' forces are moving from Glenville toward the Gauley. Are there no forces that can be thrown out to Staunton to cut them off? I have re-occupied Buckhannon with cavalry, and am here with the infantry of the Fourth and Gen. Kenly's brigades, waiting rations and transportation to re-occupy Sutton, Birch, and Bulltown. I have only rations for to-day and to-morrow, and it takes all the trains in the country to get rations to this point as fast as they are consumed. Wagons cannot be half loaded, on account of the bad condition of the roads.

B. S. ROBERTS.
Brig.-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 25, Serial No. 40, Pages 493, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.