Summary:
Confederate General John Imboden sends a letter through Staunton to General John
C. Breckinridge reporting May, 1864, Federal troop movements in the Shenandoah
Valley.
Maj.-Gen. BRECKINRIDGE:
MOUNT CRAWFORD,
(Via Staunton.)
May 3, 1864.
Enemy moved from Romney via Wardensville to Kernstown and camped Sunday night. Yesterday occupied Winchester. Has placed a good deal of artillery in the fortifications. Force about 3,000 men.
J. D. IMBODEN,
Brig.-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 710, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.