Robt. O. C. Schenok to Benjamin F. Kelley, April 26, 1863

General KELLEY, Commanding Harper’s Ferry : I just received a dispatch from Clarksburg, reporting that at 11.30 p- m. the enemy were at Rowlesburyg. ; B. S. ROBERTS, Brigadier-General, Commanding. BALTIMORE, M. D., April 26, 1863—1.30 a. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLaéck, General-in-Chief : Fitzhugh Lee is reported on the Manassas Gap Railroad, 2 miles east of the Blue Ridge, with five regiments of cavalry and two batteries. General Heintzelman should ascertain at once if this be so. ROBT. C. SCHENCK, Major-General. BALTIMORE, April 26, 1863. Major-General HALLEOK, General-in-Chief, Washington, D. C.: General Milroy sends the following: I have just received a message from General Elliott, at Lost River, 5 miles beyond Wardensville. He found the river too high to cross with his infantry and artillery. Sent on a regiment of cavalry toward Moorefield. Says he cannot cross his infantry and artillery without bridging, and he has not tools to build a bridge. I think before he can cross, Jones will have escaped. What do you say to having Elliott o from Wardensville to Woodstock, then up the Valley to Harrisonburg, to head ones off? Shall I direct this movement? I am inclined to consent to it. It is a bold, but I believe would be an effective and successful, movement. General Elliott has four regiments of infantry, two regiments of cavalry, and one or two batteries. ROBT. C. SCHENCK, Major-General, Commanding. BALTIMORE, M. D., April 26, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief : I have fears for New Creek to-day. An infantry company from that post, guarding Greenland Gap, was attacked yesterday by the advance of Jones, 200 cavalry, and fought from 4 p. m. until dark. Still holding the position, but the rebels have probably come up in force to-day, bringing artillery. Nothing from Roberts yet to-day.

ROBT. O. C. SCHENOK,