Summary:
In December, 1863, Federals under William Averell launched a raid in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. In this dispatch, Confederate General Jubal Early, commanding at Staunton, sends orders to Colonel William Jackson who played a large role in opposing the Union raid.

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Colonel JACKSON:

STAUNTON,

December 19, 1863.

I am just leaving for Millborough. Where is one of my brigades? Telegraph to me there and to General Walker here.

J. A. EARLY.

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