Letter

K. E. D. Townsend to S. L. BRown, March 20, 1865

Author
K. E. D. Townsend
Recipient
S. L. BRown
Date
March 20, 1865
Type
Letter
City Pornt, V. A.
City Pornt, V. A., March 20, 1865.

Col. S. L. BRown, Quartermaster-General’s Office : :

General Sheridan’s cavalry, now at White House, will probably join us. I am feeding his horses now with forage sent from here. The number of animals will be largely increased; provide forage accordingly. Weare entirely out of hay, and It is wanted now more than ever; do hurry it forward. The bran has not arrived; it would do great good, and is daily called for; we could use 500 tons of it.

R. INGALLS, Brigadier-General and Chief Quartermaster.

GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DeEpt., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, No. 41. Washington, March 20, 1865. The Nineteenth Army Corps, as a corps organization, is hereby discontinued. Bvt. Maj. Gen. W. H. Emory will report to Major-General Hancock for assignment.

By order of the Secretary of War:

K. E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, War Dzpt., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 42. Washington, March 20, 1865.
command the Twenty-fourth Army Corps.
By order of the Secretary of War:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: City Pornt, V. A.. Summary: K. E. D. Townsend informs S. L. Brown of General Sheridan's cavalry forage needs, the discontinuation of the Nineteenth Army Corps, and reassignment orders in March 1865.
Topics
1865Civil WarField ReportsMilitary CorrespondenceMilitary Operations
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1 View original source ↗