Summary:
Union General David Hunter writes the Army Assistant Adjutant in May, 1864, to report an advance ordered on Staunton.

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ADJUTANT-GEN. U. S. ARMY,
Washington, D. C.:

NEAR CEDAR CREEK, VA.,

May 21, 1864--9.30 p.m. (Received 10 a.m. 22d.)

I have directed Gen.'s Crook and Averell to move immediately on Staunton. I hope to meet them there and then move directly east, via Charlottesville and Gordonsville.

D. HUNTER,
Maj.-Gen., Cmdg.

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