Summary:
Union General Winfield Scott Hancock notifies General Grant of rumors of General Sheridan's March, 1865, entrance into Staunton.

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Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRANT:

WINCHESTER, VA.,

March 3, 1865. (Received 6 p.m.)

A scouting party I sent to Strasburg has just returned. They saw no enemy and heard of none. Citizens report that Sheridan entered Staunton yesterday, having met no enemy in force on his march.

W. S. HANCOCK,
Maj.-Gen., Cmdg.

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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 46, Serial No. 96, Pages 819, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.