Summary:
Confederate Assistant Adjutant General William B. Myers orders Cavalry Colonel M. J. Ferguson to move his men to Staunton, VA, in May, 1863.

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Col. M. J. FERGUSON,
Cmdg. Sixteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment:

Dublin,

May 8, 1863.

COL.:

The general commanding directs that you will proceed at once with all the men you can collect to Staunton, Va. It is of importance that you reach that point as soon and with as many men as possible.

Yours, very respectfully,

WM. B. MYERS,
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 25, Serial No. 40, Pages 788, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.