James Barnes to James Barnes, March 21, 1865

General BARNES, Commanding, Point Lookout: Will you have 1,000 men at the post after the removal of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry? If not, how near that; and will you have sufficient for the present? The two regiments then will be filled up as soon as possible. About how many men in the hospital then will be available for the Veteran Reserve Corps? How many men and how many horses will there be in the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry to send? Cc. C. AUGUR, Major-General, Commanding. Point Lookout, March 21, 1865. (Received 6.20 p. m.) The Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry will have 1,200 men and 900 horses, camp and garrison equipage, and six wagons. They had better turn over their muskets here, probably. There are about fifty men in the hospital fit for duty in the First Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and thirty for the Second Battalion of those the board were permitted to have access to. Doctor Delany returns to Washington to-night, and will report the state of things there. I shall have over 1,000 men, including the detachments. I will manage to get along until the Veteran Reserves are filled up. I am informed that the Eleventh Regiment will be filled very soon.

JAMES BARNES,