Summary:
Union General William Averell writes from occupied Staunton, asking that cavalry regiments in the rear be reorganized for service during June, 1864, operations in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Col. CHARLES G. HALPINE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.:

Staunton, Va.,

June 9, 1864.

COL.:

I have the honor to request that an officer of considerable rank be detailed to take charge of the remnants of cavalry regiments now at the rear, reorganize them, and fit them for service. They are wholly useless in their present condition.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WM. W. AVERELL,
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 615, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.