Summary:
Confederate General Samuel Jones writes General John Imboden, commanding at Staunton, concerning Imboden's plans for a spring, 1863, raid into western Virginia to destroy the Cheat River bridge. Jones reports sending a group of engineers to report to Imboden at Staunton.

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Brig. Gen. J. D. IMBODEN,
Cmdg., &c., Staunton, Va.:

Dublin,

March 20, 1863.

GEN.:

I have ordered Lieut. Hart, of the Engineers, to proceed with 8 men and the necessary tools and materials to Staunton,and report in person to you for orders. I do this with the understanding that your expedition embraces that of Capt. McNeill. If I am in error in this, I wish you would so inform me immediately.

I have heard nothing from Gen. Lee in regard to the two regiments of his army which you had asked for, or in reply to my suggestion as to how he could replace those regiments by two others.

I hope you will get the troops you asked for, and that your expedition may be as successful as you anticipate.

Please inform me when you expect to start.

Very respectfully, &c.,

SAM. JONES,
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 25, Serial No. 40, Pages 677-678, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.