Summary:
In this July, 1863, dispatch, J. Floyd King reports arriving in Staunton and
procuring better guns.
William B. Myers, Lynchburg:
Staunton,
July 17, 1863.
Arrived here this morning. All getting new and better guns; horses not arrived yet. Wharton left this morning; J. Lyle Clarke leaves to-morrow. Lee is on this side of the Potomac; offered battle three days. Meade would not accept; let Lee off without attacking rear. Suppose Lee will cross again when ready, if enemy will not give battle on this side. Fight expected soon.
J. FLOYD KING.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 27, Serial No. 45, Pages 1018, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
