Summary:
Confederate General William E. Jones sends a letter via Staunton to General Samuel Jones. The letter countermands troop movements, and makes plans to meet Union cavalry in the Valley.

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Maj. Gen. SAMUEL JONES:

LACEY SPRING, VIA STAUNTON,

April 14, 1863.

I countermand the movement of troops. Meet an advance of Hooker's cavalry into the Valley; will detain me here for the present.

W. E. JONES,
Brig.-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 722, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.