Summary:
Confederate Assistant Adjutant Charles Stringfellow writes Adjutant General Samuel Cooper of Union General William Averell's October, 1863, preparations to advance from Beverly, West Virginia, possibly toward Staunton.

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Gen. S. COOPER:

DUBLIN,

October 19, 1863.

Dispatch just received from Gen. Echols. He says that Col. W. L. Jackson reports that Gen. Averell about to move from Beverly, with 5,000 men; one regiment already moving to Cheat Pass. He co-operate, it is supposed, with Scammon; their destination is Staunton or Lewisburg. Have forwarded this to Gen. Jones at Abington, but deem it right to inform you immediately.

CHAS. S. STRINGFELLOW,
Assistant Adjutant-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 795, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.