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17,141 lettersBefore Richmond, Va. Before Richmond, Va., March 24, 1865. Capt. D. L. NoGGLE, Commanding Fourth Wisconsin Battery. Caprain: You will have your battery in readiness to march at 5 a.…
Before Richmond, Va. Before Richmond, Va., March 24, 1865. Colonel WEST, Commanding Brigade, Cavalry Division: You will have your command in readiness to march at 5 a. m. to-morrow, the…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, March 24, 1865. I have relieved the picket-line with men from the First New York Mounted Rifles. The infantry reported here a few moments since. I directed them…
HEADQUARTERS OAVALRY, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel READ, Assistant Adjutant-General: Has the general commanding any further instructions to give me with regard to the cavalry expedition other than…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, Before Richmond, March 24, 1865. Brig. Gen. R. 8. FosTtER, Commanding First Division: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you relieve the pickets of the Independent…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. ; March 24, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Point: I received information to-day that a staff officer of C. M. Wilcox was in High…
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, March 24, 1865. ARMIES OPERATING AGAINST Richmond, V. A., City Point, March 24, 1865. Major-General ORD, Commanding Army of the James: GENERAL: We have news from…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865—4 p.m. Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Powt: I have ordered General Turner’s division, the canvas pontoon train, and cavalry out to-morrow…
City Point, V. A. City Point, V. A., March 24, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. O. C. ORD, Commanding Army of the James: A dispatch from General Sheridan of Tuesday said…
Before Richmond, Va. Before Richmond, Va., March 24, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRAN’, City Point: GENERAL: Shall I send out the division, some cavalry, and pontoons to-morrow to meet…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865. (Received 9.30 a. mn.) Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. S. WEBB, Chief of Staff : Nothing new to report along our…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865. (Received 10.35 a. m.) Col. G. D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General: I have the honor to report that nothing of impurtance…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865. (Received 9.55 a. m.) Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General: I have the honor to report all quiet on this…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865—10.20 a. m. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLEs, Assistant Adjutant-General: Hight deserters from Heth’s division came in last night. N. A. MILES,…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865—10.20 a.m. Capt. C. L. DAVIS, Chief Signal Officer, Army of the Potomac: Richmond Whig of yesterday states the heavy firing…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, March 24, 1865. The PRESIDENT, City Point: I was glad to hear your safe arrival at Fortress Monroe, and hope that by this time you and…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 23, 1865. General J. D. FESSENDEN, Commanding Post: The major-general commanding directs that you send a regiment of infantry to-morrow morning, with two days’ rations,…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. Captain NorRIs, Second U.S. Cavalry: Major-General Hancock directs that you proceed with your regiment to Point of Rocks, below Harper’s…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. General DwiGHtT, Commanding Nineteenth Corps: The major-general commanding directs that you send a regiment of infantry, with two days’ rations,…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865—4 p.m. (Received 6.30 p. in.) Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff, Washington: I do not understand exactly what you mean by…