Summary:
In December, 1863, Confederate Colonel William Jackson's cavalry attempted to stop a Union raid led by William Averell in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. In this dispatch sent through Staunton, Confederate General Samuel Jones' Assistant Adjutant sends orders to Jackson.

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Col. W. L. Jackson,
Millborough:

DUBLIN, VIA STAUNTON,

December 13, 1863.

If you have received no contrary orders from General Echols, collect your command at Callaghan's and there await further orders.

By order of Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones:

GILES B. COOKE,
Assistant Adjutant-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 958, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.