Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general.
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 17, 1865. March 17, 1865. General WEBB, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Army of the Potomac: Nothing of importance has occurred on my line. A scouting party…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 18, 1865. March 18, 1865. (Received 5 p. m.) Brigadier-General RAWLINS, Chief of Staff, City Point: Thirty-six deserters have been received into our lines…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, March 18, 1865. No. 32. Before Richmond, Va., March 18, 1865. By authority of the major-general commanding the Army of the James, the…
HANCOCK’S HEADQUARTERS, March 21, 1865. March 21, 1865. (Received 7 a. m. 22d.) Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff: I learn to-night, through a dispatch from General Carroll, at Cumberland, that…