Summary:
Confederate General John Imboden writes General Lee in June, 1864, on defense of the Valley in the face of a Union offensive. Imboden reports that there is no artillery or ammunition left at Staunton.

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Gen. R. E. LEE:

MOUNT CRAWFORD,

June 2, 1864. (Via Staunton.)

Gen. Hunter, with eight regiments of cavalry, ten regiments of infantry, and thirty pieces of artillery, drove me out of Harrisonburg last evening. Gen. Crook reached Covington at 6 p. m. yesterday. He is moving in concert. I have about 3,000 men and ten guns, and will fight to the last at this point. I have obstructed and fortified the fords. My artillery ammunition is exhausted and none at Staunton. A flank movement by Hunter's cavalry through Brown's Gap on Charlottesville to Staunton is practicable and apprehended by me. Is it possible for you to give additional aid to the Valley?

J. D. IMBODEN,
Brig.-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 981, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.