Summary:
Union General Benjamin Kelley reports to Chief of Staff Cullum on William Averell's December, 1863, raid into West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. Kelley also discusses a simultaneous movement toward Staunton.

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Brig. Gen. G. W. CULLUM,
Chief of Staff:

CUMBERLAND, MD.,

December 23, 1863--8 p. m.
(Received 9.40 p. m.)

Col. Mulligan reports that Col. Thoburn, who accompanied Gen. Averell as far as Monterey with two regiments of infantry and a battery, and who was ordered to threaten Staunton from the west during Averell's absence at Salem, has reached the North Fork of the Potomac, on the Seneca road, in safety on his return, bringing with him Gen. Averell's train. The enemy blockaded the road on him, but he has come through without loss. Will reach Petersburg to-night.

B. F. KELLEY,
Brig.-Gen.

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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. 49, Pages 580, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.