Summary:
Union General William Averell writes Colonel Forsyth in September, 1864, to report that a deserter gave news that Confederate General Kershaw's division was seen heading toward Staunton.

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Col. FORSYTH:

Leetown

September 16, 1864

Patrols have picked up and just brought in a deserter who says he saw a lady last evening from Newport that Kershaw's division was passing through there toward Staunton. He saw the lady at Mr. Frieze's, six miles from Brucetown. He belongs to the Tenth North Carolina Infantry, and his statement is confused.

WM. W. AVERELL,
Brevet 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 95, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.