Summary:
Union General Henry Halleck writes Ulysses S. Grant in June, 1864, with information gathered from a deserting Confederate engineer officer. Halleck reports to Grant on Lee's troop strength, and says that all destroyed railroad track has been repaired. According to Halleck, trains ran regularly from Richmond to Staunton and Charlottesville.

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Lieut.-Gen. GRANT,
Bermuda Hundred, Va.:

WASHINGTON,

June 17, 1864

A German engineer officer who left Lee's army June 7 says that Pickett's division, about 6,000 infantry, and Breckinridge's division, about 7,000 infantry, passed through Gordonsville (in cars) on the 6th and 7th, against Hunter. He did not see their cavalry or artillery. He estimates the entire force left under Lee and Beauregard from 60,000 to 75,000, exclusive of home guards and militia in Richmond. He says that all damage to railroads has been repaired and cars run from Richmond to Charlottesville and Staunton. Lee's army is well supplied with provisions, but ammunition is of inferior quality and much complained of. Many of this man's statements are verified by others.

H. W. HALLECK,
Maj.-Gen. and Chief of Staff.

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