Summary:
Confederate General Jubal Early writes from Staunton to Assistant Adjutant W. H. Taylor concerning December, 1863, actions in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.

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Maj. W. H. TAYLOR,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.:

STAUNTON,

December 16, 1863

I arrived here at 1 a. m. Imboden at the foot of North Mountain, six miles beyond Buffalo Gap. Averell reported crossing Warm Springs Mountain in the direction of Millborough. The force of Strasburg same as last reports represented, 1,800, but no indications of a movement in this direction. Fitz. Lee is here. Shenandoah too high to cross low down. It may be necessary to send Fitz. Lee to prevent an advance by Averell on Lexington or Fincastle. Stuart had perhaps better make a demonstration in favor of Rosser. At any rate, the gaps leading to the Page Valley had better be watched, to prevent Rosser being hemmed in on the east side of the Shenandoah. I shall leave in a few minutes for Buffalo Gap.

J. A. EARLY,
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 51, Serial No. 108, Pages 797, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.