Summary:
Union Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton writes General David Hunter to
congratulate him on the capture of Staunton, VA.
Maj.-Gen. HUNTER,
Cmdg. the Army of the Shenandoah,
via Beverly, Va.:
June 14, 1864
This Department has received with great satisfaction your official dispatch announcing the recent brilliant victory won by your army, and their occupation of the city of Staunton. These brilliant achievements wipe out the antecedent disasters to our arms in former campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley, and induce strong hope that, led on by the courage and guided by the experienced skill of its commander, the army of the Shenandoah will rival our other gallant armies in the successful blows against the rebels. To yourself, and the brave officers and soldiers of your command, the thanks of the President and of this Department are tendered.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 37, Serial No. 70, Pages 103, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
