Summary:
W. L. Jackson reports to Confederate General Jubal Early, commanding in Staunton,
on December, 1863, action in western Virginia.
Maj.-Gen. EARLY:
JACKSON'S RIVER,
December, 1863.
(Received Staunton, Va., 19th.)
Dispatch received. Will communicate with Lee and Gen. Echols. Averell was at New Castle yesterday; stopped by high water. He may take the Rich Patch route to Potts Creek across to Dunlap's Creek, and come in near Callaghan's, or the Salt Pond, or the Sweet Springs route. I will endeavor to find out which.
W. L. JACKSON.
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 803, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.