Summary:
Union General Julius Stahel reports on his June, 1864, return to West Virginia
from Staunton. Stahel had been sent to organize troops for the front.
ADJUTANT-Gen.:
BEVERLY, W. VA.,
June 13, 1864.
(Received 9.30 a. m. 14th.)
I have the honor to report my arrival from Staunton, which place I left on the morning of the 10th, under orders from Maj.-Gen. Hunter, to collect and organize at Martinsburg, W. Va., all the troops that can possibly be spared from this department, except the 100-days', and bring them forward to join Gen. Hunter in the field. A copy of the order, together with a letter to Maj.-Gen. Halleck, chief of staff, has been forwarded, After consultation with the commanding officer of this post, I have concluded that the troops stationed here are not needed, and have accordingly requested Maj.-Gen. Sigel to order them to Martinsburg. I will leave here to-morrow noon for Grafton, and will be at Cumberland on the 15th and Martinsburg on the 16th. One thousand prisoners, including 60 officers, captured by Gen. Hunter at Piedmont, will arrive here to-morrow morning.
JUL. STAHEL,
Maj.-Gen.
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 634, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
