Summary:
Union Colonel J. F. Hoy writes General Benjamin F. Kelley in July, 1864, to report that some deserters came into Union lines, and to pass on rumors about Confederate movements.

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Gen. B. F. KELLEY:

NEW CREEK

July 4, 1864.
(Received 3.25 p. m.)

All quiet. No enemy heard of toward Romney. Eight deserters just came in. Left Staunton on Tuesday. Say Ewell's corps with Breckinridge went down the Valley toward Martinsburg. Will keep you advised if anything turns up.

J. F. HOY,
Lieut.-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 47, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.