Summary:
Confederate General Braxton Bragg writes General John C. Breckinridge concerning
June, 1864, fighting in the Valley. He reports no Union movements from
Staunton.
Maj. Gen. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE:
RICHMOND, VA.,
June 8, 1864
Dispatch received. Following are two last telegrams from Vaughn, dated yesterday, from Blue Ridge Tunnel:
Gen. BRAGG:
An escaped prisoner just in reports enemy 15,000 strong under
Hunter. Gen. Jones' cavalry brigade, 1,100 strong, has just arrived.
Later.--No movement of enemy from Staunton to-day. I have information from battle-field. We have there 60 wounded. Enemy's loss in killed and wounded, 1,500; they have 1,000 prisoners.
We have a report here that Morgan has gone to Kentucky. G. B. Crittenden, at Glade Spring, in command of department temporarily. Inquire of him.
BRAXTON BRAGG.
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 754, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.