Summary:
In this May, 1863, dispatch, Confederate General Samuel Jones informs Robert E. Lee that General Jenkins cavalry went to join Stuart. Jones reports that he will send all of Jenkin's cavalry he can to Staunton, in accord with Lee's orders.

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Gen. R. E. LEE,
Fredericksburg:

Dublin,

May 9, 1863.

Brig.-Gen. Jenkins has gone to report in person to Maj.-Gen. Stuart. Eight of his companies ought to have reported to Stuart before now. I will order one of his regiments to Staunton immediately.

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 789, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.