Letter

Gouverneur K. Warren to George D. Ruggles, March 21, 1865

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS,

March 21, 1865—9 a.m, Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report all quiet on this front during the past twenty-four hours.

Respectfully,

G. K. WARREN,
Major-General of Volunteers.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS FirtH ARMY CORPS,
No. 74. Near Hatcher's Run, Va., March 21, 1865.
* * * * V. Brevet Major-General Griffin will post a picket reserve of at least eral Ayres will double his picket reserves. Brevet Major-General
Crawford will post a picket reserve of 150 men at the Goshen house
and the same number at the junction of the Church road with the Hal.
ifax road. These reserves will be posted to-morrow morning, 22d
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General G. K. Warren reports quiet conditions on the front near Hatcher's Run and issues orders to increase picket reserves at strategic locations on March 21, 1865.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1 View original source ↗