Dispatch
Edward C. Ord to George L. Hartsuff, March 18, 1865
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT,
March 18, 1865.
March 18, 1865—7.15 p.m. General HARTSUFF: Cobb’s Hill signal officer reported at 3 p.m. that the enemy had placed double the usual number of pickets on the west of his tower. You had better increase your picket-line some on that part’of your front.
E. O. C. ORD,
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Ord advises General Hartsuff to strengthen picket lines on the western front due to increased enemy activity near Cobb's Hill signal tower in March 1865.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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