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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. Lieut. Col. THEODORE READ, Assistant Adjutant-General : The results of the late cavalry expedition may not be considered as positive, because…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865—7.45 a.m. Lieut. Col. THEODORE READ, Assistant Adjutant-General : I respectfully report the safe return of the cavalry. I learned from a…
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…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. Major-General WEITZEL: On the Bermuda front the order promising pay for arms and horses has been circulated with kites, bows and arrows,…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. (Received 3.20 p. m.) General RAWLINS, Chief of Staff: The cavalry report but one man wounded and three captured…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865—12 m. Lieutenant-General GRANT, Oity Point: Sumner is at Fort Monroe. Has orders from Sheridan to send his transports back…
City Point, V. A. City Point, V. A., March 19, 1865. Major-General ORD: General Sheridan has brought with him some 2,000 or 3,000 negroes. I have directed him to send…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. Major-General WEBB: : ‘ Nothing of interest has occurred on my lines during past twenty-four ours. H. E, DAVIES, J. R.,…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. Major-General WEBB: Nothing new to report. JNO. G. PARKE, Major-General. HpqQrs. ARTILLERY BRIGADE, NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. Bvt.…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865—10.20 p. m. Brevet Major-General WEBB: Deserters from Scales’ brigade report a rumor in their camp to-day that Raleigh is in…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. Colonel RUGGLES: I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has transpired on the lines of this corps…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865—4 p.m. Brevet Major-General WEBB, Chief of Staff: General Crawford has just sent the following. I send it to you for…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865—9.55 a.m. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLEs, Assistant Adjutant-General : Four deserters came in last night. A. A. HUMPHREYS, Major-General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS…
HEADQUARTERS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865—1.20 p.m. Brevet Brigadier-General SHARPE: Yesterday Pickett’s division returned from near Hanover, crossed the Mechanicsville bridge, marched toward Richmond to just through the second…
Crry Port, V. A. Crry Port, V. A., March 19, 1865. Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State: With this I have the honor of forwarding to you specimens of…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 18, 1865. March 18, 1865. General J. D. STEVENSON, Harper’s Ferry: By what authority is Colonel Reno absent? The movement vontemplated is necessarily suspended. Have…
WINCHESTER, V. A. WINCHESTER, V. A., March 18, 1865. General GRANT, City Point, Va.: I have a report this morning that Sheridan is on the Tye River, in Nelson County,…
FIELD ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, March 18, 1865. No. 16. } White House, Va., March 18, 1865. I. A thorough inspection of their respective commands will immediately be ordered by division…
City Point, V. A. City Point, V. A., March 18, 1865. Col. O. E, BABCOCK, Fort Monroe, Va.: The articles you require will be sent from here. They will leave…
YORKTOWN YORKTOWN, March 18, 1855. General RAWLINS, Chief of Staff: I left General Sheridan at White House 12m. His command is all there. I have telegraphed to Captain James for…