Summary:
Confederate General John C. Breckinridge writes General Jenkins that he is moving
his men to Staunton in early May, 1864.
Brig.-Gen. JENKINS,
Union, Monroe County, Va.:
DUBLIN DEPOT, VA.,
May 5, 1864.
I am moving under orders toward Staunton with the infantry. You must take charge of affairs for the present. Communicate with Gen. W. E. Jones at Jeffersonville or Glade Spring, who should have over 4,000 cavalry and abundant artillery. You and he must cover the front. Thurmond's companies and Col. Jackson will report to you. I have called out reserve forces, and will get a few hundred for Narrows of New River. Look well to that point. If I take Jackson's battery its place will be supplies by Stringfellow, assistant adjutant-general here, will report o you. Answer here and to Narrows.
JNO. C. BRECKINRIDGE,
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 719, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
