Summary:
Confederate General Jubal Early writes from Staunton to Robert E. Lee on
December, 1863, fighting in western Virginia.
Gen. LEE:
Staunton, HDQRS.,
December 20, 1863.
Dispatch just in from Jackson, who is safe. He has captured a number of the enemy, whose loss in killed and wounded is considerable. His own slight. Enemy burned his trains. Two regiments are cut off from main body and Jackson in pursuit.
J. A. EARLY,
Maj.-Gen.
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 805, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.