1862 May 2 Staunton, Va.

[from the diary of Joseph Addison Waddell,  former owner and editor of the Staunton Spectator]

Friday night, May 2, 1862.

Positively asserted to-day that Jackson is at Port 

Republic, or this side, and Ewell at the Swift Run 

Camp. I have no reason to doubt the state truth of the 

statement. Johnson's command had orders to-day to be 

ready to march at a moment's notice — where no body 

knows, but it is presumed down the Valley. The Cadets 

from Lexington will be here to-morrow morning, nearly 

200, — where bound and what for, I know not. The 

enemy's scouts have frequently been at Mt. Crawford.   

[transcription by the Valley of the Shadow project]

MSS 38-258