Summary:
Union General Phil Sheridan writes Grant in August, 1864, regarding rumors that James Longstreet's Confederates are moving down the Shenandoah Valley from Staunton. He also reports on the supply situation in the Valley.

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Lieut.-Gen. GRANT, City Point:

Cedar Creek,

August 13, 1864--7.30 a. m. (Received 14th.)

I was unable to get south of Early, but will push him up the Valley. Reports from citizens here, Washington, and Harper's Ferry report Longstreet's corps coming this way from Staunton, but I still rely on your telegram that it is not so. There is nothing in the Valley but wheat and a few fine mules. The sum total of all Early's transportation is 250 wagons. He has not sent off or accumulated any supplies. He was simply living off the country. The Sixth Corps now occupies Strasburg.

P. H. SHERIDAN,
Maj.-Gen.

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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 43, Serial No. 90, Pages 783, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.