Records Related to Augusta County Regiments



From: BRAXTON BRAGG.
June 8, 1864

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.


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