Dispatch
Benjamin F. Kelley to Thayer Melvin, May 9, 1864
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND, May 9, 1864.
Capt. THAYER MELVIN, Assistant Adjutant-General, Winchester : Colonel Harris reports from Beverly that his scouts report Imboden and Jackson preparing for a raid into West Virginia by way of Beverly. If this is so, I think the movements of General Grant and your two columns will frustrate their plans. Nevertheless, asa precautionary measure J have ordered asection of Keeper’s battery from Webster to Colonel Harris. All quiet along line of road. Two Ohio regiments have arrived at Parkersburg, one of which I have ordered to New Creek and the other here. I am exceedingly anxious to have some good cavalry. We must kill, capture, or drive McNeill out of the country before we can expect quiet or safety along line of road.
: B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: CUMBERLAND. Summary: Brigadier General B. F. Kelley informs Thayer Melvin of Confederate raid preparations by Imboden and Jackson, requests cavalry reinforcements, and details troop movements to secure West Virginia.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
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