Letter
Gouverneur K. Warren to Seth Williams, August 5, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
August 5, 1864.
August 5, 1864. Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:
GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the accompanying communications as my report of the part taken by my corps in the operations of the 30th of July, 1864, and preliminary thereto. The communications contain all the contingent and positive instructions in regard to covering the left flank, maintaining the front, and supporting General Burnside’s assault, and fully explain the part the corps took, and was designed to take, in the operations. They also contain a general statement of the amount of labor performed in the siege operations, and conclude with the report of Colonel Wainwright, chief of artillery.*
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. K. WARREN,
Major-General, Commanding.
* Of August 3, 1864. See p. 483.
CONFIDENTIAL.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
Major-General, Commanding.
* Of August 3, 1864. See p. 483.
CONFIDENTIAL.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
July 26, 1864—8.15 p.m.
Major-General WARREN,
Commanding Fifth Army Corps:
I am instructed to inform you that General Hancock is moving his
Major-General WARREN,
Commanding Fifth Army Corps:
I am instructed to inform you that General Hancock is moving his
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General G. K. Warren reports to Brig. Gen. S. Williams on the Fifth Army Corps' role in the July 30, 1864 operations, detailing flank coverage, front maintenance, support of Burnside's assault, and siege labor.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1
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