Summary:
Robert E. Lee sends an intelligence report through Staunton to Jubal Early in August, 1864.

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Gen. J. A. EARLY:

August, 8, 1864. (Via Staunton, Va.)

Enemy has detached a division of cavalry with a body of infantry to Washington. Gen. R. H. Anderson, with infantry and cavalry, is in Culpeper to observe their movements.

R. E. LEE,
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 990, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.