Summary:
In December, 1863, Confederate forces in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley opposed a Union raid led by William Averell. In this dispatch, Confederate General Jubal Early, commanding at Staunton, gives orders to Colonel William Jackson.

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Colonel JACKSON:

STAUNTON,

December 18, 1863.

Averell is at Salem, cut off by high water, Fitzhugh Lee and Imboden have gone up in pursuit of him. Dispose your forces so as to aid in the capture. Do not let him come out by Clifton Forge or Callaghan's.

J. A. EARLY,
Major-General, Commanding

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