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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. ‘ March 22, 1865. Major-General CROOK, Cumberland : The major-general commanding directs me to say that your explanationt is satisfactory, and he takes…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Major-General CROOK, Cumberland: The following order has been sent to you at Frederick City, but is duplicated, as it is…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., March 22, 1865. General GAMBLE, Commanding, Fairfax Court-House: The force sent out by General Hancock had a fight yesterday with a party of rebels…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. General C. C. AUGUR, Commanding Department of Washington: The regiment of infantry and of cavalry, under Colonel Reno, found Mosby…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Brigadier-General TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, War Department : I do not exactly understand your dispatch. The order for General Crook to…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. General TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, War Department: Your dispatch of 9.20 of the 21st was received at 8 this morning. I…
City Point City Point, March 22, 1865. Maj. Gen. W. S. HANCOCK, Winchester, Va. : Under Special Orders, No. 48, you will under no circumstances permit family supplies to go…
FIELD ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, March 22, 1865. No. 21. ; White House, Va., March 22, 1865. I. The commanding officer of the First Cavalry Division will at once send 200…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, White House, Va., March 22, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Commanding Armies of the United States: GENERAL: I will march from the White House on…
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, March 22, 1865. ARMIES OPERATING AGAINST Richmond, V. A., City Point, March 22, 1865. Major-General Orp, , 2 Commanding Army of the James: GENERAL: Our scouts…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Will you appoint Bvt. Brig. Gen. T. M. Harris, colonel of the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. (Received 7 p. m.) General RAWLINS: Forty-nine deserters came ito the lines of this army since yesterday. THEO. READ,…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Major-General WEBB: A scouting party on the Jerusalem plank road was yesterday ambuseaded by some guerrillas, and lost 3 men killed…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has transpired on…
ORDERS. HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 22, 1865. This corps will be reviewed to-morrow at 2.30 p. m. ; 1. The Second Division will reach the ground at 12.30 o’clock,…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865—10.25 a.m. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General : Twenty-two deserters came in last night—nine from Johnson’s division, thirteen from Heth’s…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 22, 1865. No. 57. City Point, Va., March 22, 1865. I. V. The Twenty-eighth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops is relieved…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 22, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. A. EKIN, First Division, Quartermaster-General’s Office: It is supposed Sheridan will be here by the 27th prepared for…
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, City Point, Va., March 22, 1865. 1. Amount of forage on hand with the troops, as follows: Number of days’ forage of— Grain. Hay. oe PATI…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington Oity, March 22, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT: Your account of the way Crook talked on his return from Richmond, and other circumstances, induce me to suggest a careful…