Summary:
Confederate Major H. W. Gilmor sends Adjutant General Samuel Cooper a message via Staunton containing information on September, 1863, Union troop movements.

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Gen. S. COOPER:

NEWTOWN,

September 26, 1863.
(Via Staunton, 27th.)

Gen.'s Slocum's and Howard's corps are going to re-enforce Rosecrans, and will be under Joe Hooker. They move 5,000 every night over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and commenced last night, 25th. I have sent courier to Gen. Ewell with full particulars, and will try to damage the railroad to-night.

H. W. GILMOR,
Maj., Cmdg. Cavalry.

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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 51, Serial No. 108, Pages 770, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.