Records Related to Augusta County Regiments



From: J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, Maj.-Gen.
May 13, 1864.

Summary:
Confederate General John C. Breckinridge writes from Staunton to Braxton Bragg in May, 1864, to discuss movements in the Shenandoah Valley.


Gen. BRAXTON BRAGG:

STAUNTON,

May 13, 1864.

Enemy's advance near New Market. His reported force superior to mine. I am moving down the Valley to-day. Can hear very little from Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, but enemy reported moving toward Salem with nine regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, and eight pieces of artillery. One brigade added to McCausland and W. L. Jackson might stop him. I hope it can be sent from Richmond or Petersburg. I sent copy of this to Gen. Lee.

J. C. BRECKINRIDGE,
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 928, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.


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