Letter
Alexander S. Webb to Brevet Major-General WEBB, March 25, 1865
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865.
March 25, 1865—7.30 p. m. Brevet Major-General WEBB, Chief of Staff: If the major-general commanding does not consider that there is some object to be gained by keeping my main force (Mott’s and Miles’ divisions) in their present advanced position I will withdraw them to the lines of works before occupied by them, holding most of the picketline captured by me from the enemy. A. A. HUMPHREYS, Major-General, Commanding. EE HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac, March 25, 1865—8.05 p.m. Maj. Gen. A. A. HUMPHREYS, Commanding Second Corps: The. general commanding authorizes you to withdraw Miles’ and Mott’s divisions as you propose.
– ALEX. S. WEBB,
Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Humphreys requests permission to withdraw his divisions from an advanced position, which is promptly authorized by Brevet Major-General Webb during the final stages of the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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