Summary:
Confederate General John Imboden writes General John C. Breckinridge, commanding
at Staunton, concerning May, 1864, Union troop movements.
Gen. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE:
NEW MARKET,
May 19, 1864.
(Received Staunton, 1 p. m.)
A courier just in from the front. Capt. Davis reports that Yankee scout of 150 men came to within three miles of Woodstock last night, and retired in the night to the Four-Mile House, on Fisher's Hill, where their drums could be distinctly heard at 10 o'clock. They seem to have no idea of moving from Cedar Creek, and have circulated a report that they are awaiting re-enforcements. They had forces on the Back and Middle roads yesterday. Sigel bridged Cedar Creek; one span washed away, which, it is supposed, has been reconstructed. My present picket-line is at Narrow Passage, three miles this side of Woodstock. About half the Shenandoah will be bridged to-night; the whole stream by to-morrow night.
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 743-744, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
