Summary:
Union General David Hunter writes from occupied Staunton in June, 1864, requesting that ammunition be sent up.

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Maj. Gen. F. SIGEL:

STAUNTON, VA.,

June 9, 1864--6 a. m.
(Received 10.40 a. m. 12th)

It is all important that half the ammunition required by Lieut. Field, my ordnance officer, be sent forward immediately under a very strong escort of infantry and cavalry. The other half to remain at Harper's Ferry, subject to my order.

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