Summary:
Confederate Cavalry General John C. Vaughn reports from Staunton to Robert E. Lee on the June 5, 1864, battle near Staunton, VA, in which General William E. Jones lost his life. Vaughn expresses doubt that he can hold Staunton after the defeat.

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Gen. R. E. LEE,
Cmdg. Army of Northern Virginia.

STAUNTON,

June 5, 1864.

Fought the enemy to-day eleven miles from Staunton. Near New Hope now. Have been driven back. I will try to protect Staunton, but unless re-enforcements come at once I cannot do it. May have to fall back by way of Waynesborough. Gen. E. W. Jones killed.

J. C. VAUGHN,
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 37, Serial No. 70, Pages 150, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.