Letter
Major-General Foster to H. W. Halleeck, November 2, 1863
Fort Monroe, Va.
Fort Monroe, Va., November 2, 1863.
(Received 11.50 p. m.): Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLeEck, General-in-Chief : ‘I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of this date. I have given the necessary orders to postpone the expedition. J. G. FOSTER, Major-General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, Hpgrs. DEPT. OF V. A. AND N.C., No. 105. Fort Monroe, Va., November 2, 1863. * * * * * * *
I. I. Brigadier-General Wild is hereby ordered to report to Brigadier-General Barnes for command of colored troops, and such other command as General Barnes may designate.
By command of Major-General Foster :
SOUTHARD HOFFMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Wak DEPARTMENT,
Washington, November 3, 1863—10 a. m.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Wak DEPARTMENT,
Washington, November 3, 1863—10 a. m.
Major-General MEADE,
Army of the Potomac:
Your dispatch of 12 m. yesterday, received about 1 o'clock this
morning, was submitted to the President at the earliest moment
Army of the Potomac:
Your dispatch of 12 m. yesterday, received about 1 o'clock this
morning, was submitted to the President at the earliest moment
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Fort Monroe, Va.. Summary: Major-General Foster orders the postponement of an expedition and directs Brigadier-General Wild to report to Brigadier-General Barnes for command of colored troops during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 29, Part 1
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