Letter
Horatio G. Wright to Alexander S. Webb, March 20, 1865
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
March 20, 1865.
March 20, 1865. (Received 11.55 p. m.) Major-General WEBB, Headquarters Army of the Potomac: Deserters from MacRae’s brigade report that Johnuson’s and Heth’s divisions are under marching orders, with two days’ cooked rations from to-morrow morning, and that it is rumored that they are to go to North Carolina to re-enforce Johnston; that four trains are ready on South Side road to carry them, as is supposed ;’ and that persons returned from North Carolina report our forces skirmishing about ten miles from Raleigh. Johnson’s division [is] at the toll-gate about two and a half miles from Burgess’ Mill.
H. G. WRIGHT,
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Wright informs Major-General Webb of deserters' reports indicating Johnson's and Heth's divisions preparing to reinforce Johnston in North Carolina, with troops and trains ready for deployment near Raleigh.
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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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