Summary:
Captain John McEntee reports the Valley clear of enemies up to Staunton in May, 1864.

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Col. GEORGE H. SHARPE:

HARPER'S FERRY,

May 27, 1864--8 p. m.
(Received 8.30 p. m.)

The old man is just in from Little Washington, and reports the country clear below there as far as Staunton. U. S. deserters are coming in here daily. I have detected eight in disguise.

JOHN MCENTEE,
Capt. and Provost-Marshal.

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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 402, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.