Summary:
Confederate General John Imboden writes to General William E. Jones to ask for
help in stopping a Union advance toward Staunton in May, 1864.
Gen. W. E. JONES:
LACEY SPRING,
May 29, 1864
Enemy, 7,000 strong, advancing from Mount Jackson; also reported by signal corps in force at McDowell to-day. Is it possible for you to aid me? Staunton is his objective point.
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 749, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
