Summary:
Union General Phil Sheridan reports to Chief of Staff Henry Halleck that Confederate troops may be moving to Staunton in November, 1864.

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Maj.-Gen. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff:

NEWTOWN, VA.,

November 17, 1864--4.30 p. m.
(Received 8 a. m. 18th.)

My information this evening (November 17) is that the rebel infantry moved from New Market yesterday for Staunton. I hope to be able to send more definite information soon. The distance between the two armies (nearly fifty miles) makes me not at all positive in this information.

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. 91, Pages 637, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.