Summary:
Union General Alfred Torbert writes to General Morgan in May, 1865, to report
that Union cavalry are now stationed in Staunton.
Brevet Brig.-Gen. MORGAN,
Chief of Staff, Middle
Military Division, Washington, D. C.:
May 1, 1865.
Dispatch from Gen. Hancock received. Col. Reed with 600 cavalry is now in Staunton with seven days' supplies. Does the general wish the expedition to go up there before Col. R.'s return?
A. T. A. TORBERT,
Brevet Maj.-Gen.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 46, Serial No. 97, Pages 1065, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.