Summary:
Union General Phil Sheridan reports to Chief of Staff Henry Halleck on the November, 1864, situation in the Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan reports that Confederate artillery and ammunition are being sent to Staunton, but that General Jubal Early's troops have not yet arrived.

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Maj.-Gen. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff:

KERNSTOWN, VA.,

November 29, 1864--7.30 p. m.
(Received 9.30 p. m.)

Up to last Friday morning no troops had left Early except Kershaw's division, but artillery and reserve ammunition is reported on its way back to Staunton. Early has to get his forage from the vicinity of Lexington, and there is great gloom and great destitution in this Valley. The raid on New Creek diminishes in importance the more we learn. I respectfully present the names of Brevet Maj.-Gen. Kelley for being exceedingly cautious when there is no danger and not remarkably so when there is.

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 695-696, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.