Summary:
Confederate General Samuel Jones writes to Adjutant General Samuel Cooper regarding cavalry movements in western Virginia during August, 1863. Jones, sending his letter via Staunton, reports Jenkins' cavalry operating in the Staunton area.

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General S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.

WARM SPRINGS, VIA STAUNTON,

August 30, 1863.

GENERAL:

The enemy that fought us on the 26th and 27th retreated very rapidly by Huntersville, and passed Greenbrier Bridge at Marling's Bottom early yesterday morning. My cavalry pursued them to that point, and a small force still following them. A part of Colonel Wharton's brigade arrived here yesterday. Jenkins' cavalry was about 3 miles west of Staunton last evening, coming on to this place. From what I hear of Imboden he was probably at Monterey last night, with the intention of moving on to Huntersville. I fear he cannot reach there in time to intercept the retreating enemy. They have been severely punished, and when they reach Beverly will not, I think, be fit for service for several weeks. A captain of artillery, whom I have prisoner, says they started from Moorefield with between 4,000 and 5,000.

SAM. JONES,
Major-General.

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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 29, Serial No. 48, Pages 43, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.