Summary:
Confederate General John McCausland writes to Adjutant General Samuel Cooper on May, 1864, fighting in West Virginia. McCausland reports that General John C. Breckinridge can send him no help from Staunton.

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Gen. S. COOPER:

CHRISTIANSBURG,

May 10, 1864.

The enemy drove me to-day from the New River bridge. I have fallen back to this place. I will oppose their advance toward the east, but my force is inadequate to keep them back. Gen. Breckinridge, at Staunton, informs me that he can send no aid. The enemy has twelve regiments infantry, two regiments of cavalry, and fifteen pieces artillery, under the command of Gen. George Crook. This force independent of the cavalry force under Averell that has gone toward Saltville.

JOHN MCCAUSLAND,
Col., Cmdg.

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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 728, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.