Summary:
Union Assistant Adjutant James Botsford writes from occupied Staunton to notify General William Averell of Confederate forces in the area during June, 1864, campaigning in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Brig.-Gen. Averell:

Staunton,

June 9, 1864. (Received 12.30 a. m. 10th.)

Gen. Hunter has just sent word here that the enemy is in force within one-half mile of our picket, on the Greenville road. He directed Gen. Crook to notify you of it, and to say that the information s reliable. The enemy came up since dark.

Very respectfully, &c.,

JAMES L. BOTSFORD,
Assistant Adjutant-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.