Summary:
General Ulysses S. Grant informs Henry Halleck in May, 1864, that Lee's army is receiving its supplies via the road running through Staunton. As a result, Grant hopes General David Hunter can take the town.

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Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK:

NEAR SPOTSYLVANIA COURT-HOUSE, VA.,

May 20, 1864.

The enemy are evidently relying for supplies greatly on such as are brought over the branch road running through Staunton. On the whole, therefore, I think it would be better for Gen. Hunter to move in that direction; reach Staunton and Gordonsville or Charlottesville, if he does not meet too much opposition. If he can hold at day a force equal to his own, he will be doing good service.

U. S. GRANT,
Lieut.-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 34, Serial No. 61, Pages 20, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.