Summary:
Confederate General Gabriel Wharton writes General John C. Breckinridge in May, 1864, to report his progress toward Staunton.

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Maj.-Gen. BRECKINRIDGE:

JACKSON RIVER,

May 9, 1864.

We have reached this place. Am informed we will have to march on to Staunton. Men getting very sore footed. We will reach Staunton. Finding no forage here, will have to depend on grass. Will come on as fast as possible.

G. C. WHARTON,
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 727, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.