E? D. Townsend to C. L. Davis, March 24, 1865
March 24, 1865—10.20 a.m. Capt. C. L. DAVIS, Chief Signal Officer, Army of the Potomac:
Richmond Whig of yesterday states the heavy firing in front of Petersburg on Monday last was occasioned by an effort to destroy the Yankee observatory on the Avery house, about one mile and a half distant.
J. C. PAINE, Brevet Major.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) WAR DeEpt., ADJT, GENERAL’S OFFICE, No. 143. § Washington, March 24, 1865. * * 63. By direction of the President, Bvt. Maj. Peter S. Michie, first lieutenant, U.S. Engineers, is hereby assigned to duty as assistant inspector-general of the Twenty-fifth Army Corps, with the rank and pay of lieutenant-colonel, under act of July 17, 1862, to date from March 23, 1865. * 75. The organizations in the Department of Washington known as the Provisional Brigades, under command of Major-General Casey, U.S. Volunteers, will be discontinued. The officers and enlisted men attached thereto will be sent to their proper commands, under the direction of the department commander.
This order will not relieve Major-General Casey from duty as president of the examining boards.
By order of the Secretary of War:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, }) Hpars. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
No. 59. City Point, Va., March 24, 1865.
assigned to duty with their brevet rank, and will report to Maj. Gen.
K. O. C. Ord, commanding Department of Virginia, for orders: Bvt.
Turner, U. 8S. Volunteers.