Summary:
Confederate General John C. Breckinridge writes from Staunton to Robert E. Lee in May, 1864, to announce preparations for defense of the Valley.

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Gen. R. E. LEE:

STAUNTON,

May 18, 1864.

You will receive to-day my letter written last night. I have organized guard for Valley and will move as rapidly as possible. I have no cavalry.

JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,
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 943, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.