Letter
John Gibbon to Edward C. Ord, March 19, 1865
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS,
March 19, 1865.
March 19, 1865. Major-General ORD: Please send me some more of General Grant’s orders and a man who understands your mode of fixing them to a kite.
JOHN GIBBON,
Major-General of Volunteers.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: John Gibbon requests additional copies of General Grant's orders and a knowledgeable person to assist in attaching them to a kite for communication purposes.
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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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