To J. E. Jacobs From E. D. Spooner June 26 1863

              Md. heights
 
June 26th 1863

 
 
Captain,
 
		In compliance with an order from 
Brig. Genl. Elliot, I have the honor to report the 
following operations of my Battery on the 13th, 14th,  
and 15th days of June 1863, as the Comdg. Officer 
of the Battery was taken prisoner and I being 
the only officer present, 
On the Morning of the 13th inst. Lieut. Randolph 
received orders to proceed out the Strasburg 
road with one section of the Battery leaving the 
remaining two sections of the Battery under my com- 
mand at  Camp near Winchester Va. 
About 10 O’clock the same morning I received 
orders from Genl. Elliott to join Lieut. Randolph with  
the remainder of the Battery on the Strasburg 
Road, after arriving at the Union Mills on the  
Strasburg road, Genl. Elliott ordered me to take 
command of one section and report to Genl. Ely 
18th Com. Vols. on the Front Royal road, after  
having reported to Col. Ely and observing that  
our pickets had been driven in on the Front 
Royal road, and about 2 miles from town Col Ely 
ordered me to take position on the right of the 
Front Royal road, and about 1 mile from town