Summary:
Union Colonel R. S. Rodgers reports on two refugees who passed through Staunton in January, 1864, and informed Federal soldiers of Confederate troop locations.

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Capt. BOONE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.:

MARTINSBURG, W. VA.,

January 5, 1864.

Samuel Trenary, from Winchester, with 3 refugees from Staunton, says no rebels in Winchester; rumored that 5,000 men in the valley. Sigmond Bach, from Staunton, came down valley in stage; passed a camp of infantry at New Market, one at Mount Jackson, and one about 2 miles this side Mount Jackson-Thomas', Rosser's, and Walker's commands. Fitz. Lee had gone on Wednesday afternoon. Lewis Kayton left Richmond 27th and Staunton 29th; passed Mount Jackson at night; saw three camps, said to be Lee's, Rosser's, and Imboden's.

R. S. RODGERS,
Col., Cmdg.

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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 33, Serial No. 60, Pages 355, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.