| Headquarters Department of Western
Virginia |
| Dublin |
| September 11, 1863 |
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| Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones |
| Abingdon |
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| Your dispatch regarding the
enemy just received. Have telegraphed to the commanding officers at Salem, Big Lick, and Christiansburg, also to Dodamead {Superintendent,
Virginia & Tennessee RR}, to furnish transportation to New River
Bridge {on the Virginia & Tennessee RR}. |
| Am sending down rations.
Scouts are watching the Walker
's Creek road and all the other approaches. Lieutenant-Colonel
Gardner and Colonel Gray, of Newbern, are stationing the scouts. |
| I have telegraphed Major
Kent, at Wytheville, to keep me advised of any approach in that
direction. Riders are out collecting the home guards. Every one
seems inclined to respond promptly to the call. |
| Wm. B. Myers |
| Assistant Adjutant-General |
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