N. O. E. Wynkoop to Orders, May 1, 1864
GENERAL: The scouting party sent out yesterday failed to discover your headquarters, ae I move to-day in two columns to Jamesburg, one under command of Major Douglass via Winchester, and the main body by Pughtown. My rations are expended and my forage well nigh run out. I send copies of orders received by telegram at Springfield. It is not explicit as to the course Iam to pursue upon my arrival here, and I am necessitated to move without your order toward a base of supply. I shall thoroughly scout the country to my right and left, ede use every effort to effect something with my command ere I reach Jamesburg. The whereabouts of the force mentioned in your dispatch is not known, but we were too late in our arrival here to capture or disperse them. Iam in hopes that the column moving by Winchester (with whom I shall keep up communication) will ferret them out. I am,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
GENERAL ORDERS, } Hpagrs. CAVALRY EXPEDITION,
DEPARTMENT OF WEST Virginia,
The brigadier-general commanding desires to say a few words to
the officers and men of his command before setting out upon the
journey it is about tomake. The following important rules are mentioned for your guidance: First, on the march guard carefully