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A. A. Humphreys, August 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Near Petersburg, August 3, 1864. GENERAL: In obedience to orders from General Meade (to whom I was ordered to report), the First and Third Divisions of…
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Letters from Andrew A. Humphreys
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Major-General WARREN, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864. Major-General WARREN: Your dispatch is received. The major-general commanding directs that you go in with Burnside, taking the two-gun battery.…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Major-General Humphreys, July 29, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 29, 1864. July 29, 1864—10 p.m. Major-General HUMPHREYS: i I have seen General Burnside and my division commanders. My arrangements for to-morrow were easy to…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Major-General HUMPHREYS, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864—9 a. m. Major-General HUMPHREYS: General Mott’s remaining brigade deceived* the enemy in their front by putting their hats on rammers…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Ulysses S. Grant, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864—9.35 a.m. Lieutenant-General GRANT : I cannot see that we have advanced beyond the enemy’s line in the vicinity of the…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to George G. Meade, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS NINTH CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864—9 a. m. General MEADE: Many of the Ninth and EHighteenth Corps are retiring before the enemy. I think now is the…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Ambrose E. Burnside, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAG, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864—3.20 a. m. Major-General BURNSIDE: As it is still so dark, the commanding general says you can postpone firing the…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Major-General Humphreys, November 8, 1863
HEADQUARTERS NEAR BRANDY STATION, November 8, 1863. November 8, 1863—1.17 p. m. Major-General HumpPuHREys, Chief of Staff: The head of my column is occupying Brandy Station. I have ordered up.…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to John Sedgwick, November 7, 1863
: HEADQUARTERS THIRD CORPS, Kelly’s Ford, Va., November 7, 1863. Brigadier-General Carr will order the brigade and batteries left at Mount Holly to join his command. He will leave one…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to C. Ross Situ, October 27, 1863
HEADQUARTERS, October 27, 1863. – Bealeton, October 27, 1863—2 p. m. [Lieut. Col. C. Ross Situ, Chief of Staff, Cavalry Corps :] COLONEL: The reconnaissance which General Buford sent out…