Summary:
Union Colonel N. Wilkinson writes to General Benjamin Kelley with information gathered from a refugee in July, 1864. He reports the number of soldiers at Staunton, the condition of the railroad in the area, and Confederate grain gathering activities.

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Gen. KELLEY:

CLARKSBURG,

July 18, 1864.

An intelligent refugee, a British subject, reached Beverly yesterday from Staunton; reports only fifty rebel soldiers at Staunton and saw none on the road. The railroad is repaired and running from Richmond to within four miles of Staunton. The rebels are gathering the grain east of Blue Ridge of Lee's army.

N. WILKINSON,
Col.

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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. 71, Pages 379, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.