Summary:
Union General John Stevenson writes Secretary of War Stanton regarding the September, 1864, situation in the Shenandoah Valley. Stevenson estimates that the Confederates will not be able to offer any resistance north of Staunton.

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Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War:

HARPER'S FERRY, W. VA.,

September 21, 1864

Reliable news from front. Our army was crossing Cedar Creek yesterday at 3 p. m. No fighting. The following list of rebel generals killed and wounded is correct: Gen.'s Rodes, Ramseur, Gordon,Terry, Godwin, Brad Johnson, and Fitz Lee. From all I can learn, the prisoners will approximate 5,000. The indications are that the rebels will not make a stand short of Staunton. They are evidently too much demoralized to make another fight.

Respectfully,

JNO. D. STEVENSON,
Brig.-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. 91, Pages 137-138, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.