Summary:
Confederate General John Imboden writes to General John C. Breckinridge concerning May, 1864, movements and their relation to the defense of Staunton.

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Gen. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE:

WOODSTOCK,

May 8, 1864.

Dispatch received. Reports from the front received since my dispatch of this morning represent enemy's cavalry to have been considerably re-enforced, and indication of a movement of the whole force to the eastward in a day or two. I have detachments now reconnoitering who will report to-night. Staunton will not be endangered by my proposed movement. Information to be received to-night will determine my course in exercise of the discretion allowed me.

J. D. IMBODEN,
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 724, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.