Summary:
Union general Benjamin Kelley reports to West Virginia governor Arthur Boreman on June, 1864, action in the Shenandoah Valley. Sigel reports that Unionist citizens in the area reported seeing Confederate troops between Lynchburg and Staunton.

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Governor BOREMAN, Wheeling:

CUMBERLAND,

June 25, 1864.

Maj. Hunter, at Beverly, reports his scouts just returned, who were ordered to communicate with Gen. Hunter. They were compelled to return. Found a rebel force of 1,500 holding Calf Pasture Valley, and 3,500 holding Buffalo Gap. Was informed by Union citizens that Gen. Hunter was between Staunton and Lynchburg, with Pickett and Breckinridge in his front. I am almost bare of force, and feel great apprehension for the safety of West Virginia and the railroad.

B. F. KELLEY,
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 675, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.