Dispatch
J. C. Tidball to Alexander S. Webb, March 19, 1865
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
March 19, 1865.
March 19, 1865. Major-General WEBB: Nothing new to report. JNO. G. PARKE, Major-General. HpqQrs. ARTILLERY BRIGADE, NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. H. J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac: The enemy opened the 8-inch columbiad and fired two shells, and thrée shells from the rifle battery on Baxter road. Fort Avery replied. He then opened the mortar battery on Cemetery Hill and five mortars beyond the corn-field, to which Fort Morton and Battery 15 replied. No damage of consequence done.
J. C. TIDBALL,
Brevet Brigadier-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: J.C. Tidball reports to Major-General Webb on March 19, 1865, detailing enemy artillery fire and Union fortifications' responsive actions with no significant damage incurred.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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