Summary:
In December, 1863, Confederate forces in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley faced a Union raid led by William Averell. In this dispatch, Confederate General Jubal Early, commanding at Staunton, writes Colonel Arnett concerning the situation in his front.

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Colonel ARNETT:

STAUNTON,

December 20, 1863.

What is the present position of affairs in your front? What news of Colonel Jackson?

J. A. EARLY,
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 967, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.