Summary:
In this May, 1864, dispatch, Union General Benjamin F. Kelley asks Colonel Youart to notify General Crook of General Sigel's wish that Crook move on Staunton to destroy the railroad.

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Col. YOUART,
Charleston:

HARPER'S FERRY,

May 17, 1864

Gen. Sigel, after a severe engagement at New Market with the forces of Echols and Imboden, under the command of Breckinridge, on the 15th, has been compelled to fall back north of Cedar Creek. He directs that you send a messenger to Gen. Crook and advise him of Gen. Sigel's situation, and inform Crook that Gen. Sigel directs that he operate against Staunton, and destroy the railroad between Staunton and Jackson River Station, if possible.

B. F. KELLEY,
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 482, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.