On September 16 , Laws took Sheridan 's letter ( hidden Hiding_objects in his mouth ) to Wright , who consulted Communication her mother and then replied Response ( in a note which Laws also hid Hiding_objects in his mouth ) that a Confederate officer recovering from his wounds had recently bragged Statement about Confederate artillery and infantry battalions under General Joseph B. Kershaw and Lt. Col. Wilfred E. Cutshaw having left Winchester to raid Attack the B & O Railroad at Martinsburg , in the new state of West Virginia .