Letter
Charles H. Morgan to Fessenden, March 19, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
March 19, 1865.
March 19, 1865. General FESSENDEN, Commanding Post:
GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you send a regiment of infantry to-morrow morning, with two days’ rations, to Berry’s Ferry, thence to Snicker’s Ferry, and to return by Berryville.
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The regiment can spend the [night] near Snicker’s Ferry. The commanding officer will be governed by the instructions furnished for the regiment which went to Millwood a few nights since.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. H. MORGAN,
Brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers, &e.
City Point, V. A., March 20, 1865—1C a.m.
(Received 3.20 p. m.)
Brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers, &e.
City Point, V. A., March 20, 1865—1C a.m.
(Received 3.20 p. m.)
His Excellency A. LINCOLN, :
President of the United States:
Can you not visit City Point for a day or two? I would like very
much to see you, and I think the rest would do you good.
President of the United States:
Can you not visit City Point for a day or two? I would like very
much to see you, and I think the rest would do you good.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Brevet Brigadier-General C. H. Morgan orders General Fessenden to dispatch an infantry regiment for a two-day reconnaissance near Berry's and Snicker's Ferries and invites President Lincoln to visit City Point.
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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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