Letter
Unknown to Edwin M. Stanton, May 18, 1862
May 18, 1862.
No indications of infantry in the valley. Colonel De Forest, with detachment of Fifth New York Cavalry, encountered two companies rebel cavalry this morning and drove them through Woodstock and scoured the country in our front. No signs of enemy in this vicinity with this exception. Three hundred rebel cavalry reported 10 miles from Front Royal, in Chester Gap.
Major-General, Commanding. Hon. E. M. STANTON.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: A military officer reports to Edwin M. Stanton on May 18, 1862, the absence of enemy infantry in the Shenandoah Valley and recent skirmishes with rebel cavalry near Woodstock and Front Royal.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1
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