Letter

Alexander S. Webb to Daniel Ruggles, March 25, 1865

Ciry Point

Colonel RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General: Let the two leading divisions of Fifth Corps move on until halted by General Parke. ALEX. S. WEBB, Brevet Major-General. Ciry Point, March 25, 1865—9.15 a.m. Colonel RUGGLEs, Assistant Adjutant-General : The orders halting Griffin at the Wyatt house are approved. Let the other two divisions move on, to be near Parke and right of Sixth Army Corps. Griftin will be moved up, to be near the Sixth and Second Corps, to support them. ALEX. S. WEBB, Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff. Marcu 25, 1865—9.45 a. m. Major-General WEBB, Chief of Staff, City Point: Instructions as to Crawford’s, Ayres’, and Griffin’s divisions received. Orders sent to Generals Warren, Ayres, Griffin, Crawford, and Generals Parke and Wright notified. GEO. D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General. MARCH 25, 1865—10.05 a. m. Major-General WEBB Chief of Staff: In accordance with telegraphic request of General Parke have just sent to halt Crawford’s and Ayres’ divisions again. Crawford is now opposite these headauarters; Ayres behind him. GEO. D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General, 116 “N. AND S. E. V. A., W. V. A., M. D., AND P. A. (Caap. LVIII. CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac, March 25, 1865—10.30 p.m. The dispatch* of the lieutenant-general is sent for your information. Please send the information required as soon as possible. How much of captured line does General Humphreys hold?

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.
(Sent to Major-Generals Humphreys, Warren, Wright, and Parke.)
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Ciry Point. Summary: Brevet Major-General Alex S. Webb directs the movement and positioning of Fifth Corps divisions near General Parke during the final days of the Civil War in March 1865.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1 View original source ↗