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17,141 lettersWAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, March 23, 1865. Major-General HANCOCK, Winchester : I am very much gratified by your energy in organizing and administering the military affairs of your important command.…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. Brigadier-General FORSYTH, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: A deserter just in from Richmond reports everything quiet there. Breadstuffs, &c., have risen very much…
White House, Va. White House, Va., March 23, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States : GENERAL: Your communication of the 21st instant, by hands…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. (Received 9.45 p. m.) Lieutenant-General GRANT: The fires which you see are the woods burning inside my lines. I…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865—11.45 a. m. Major-General PARKE, ‘ Headquarters Army of the Potomac: Eight deserters from General Willcox’s front have just reported— one…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SIXTH CORPS, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. General KEIFER: General Meade will review the Second Corps to-day, which will necessitate the withdrawal of the troops of…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, Mareh 23, 1865. Mareh 23, 1865. Brevet Major-General CRAWFORD, Commanding Third Division : GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you send General Baxter’s brigade to reportat…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant-Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report all quiet on this front the past twentyfour…
ORDERS. HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 23, 1865. This corps will be reviewed to-day at 2.30 p. m. The following instructions for the staff of the major-general commanding the corps…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 23, 1865. No. 58, City Point, Va., March 23, 1865. * * * * * * * Il. Brig. Gen. C.…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, March 23, 1865. President LINCOLN, Fort Monroe: (Care of General Barnes, Point Lookout.) Ireached the arsenal with Mrs. Stanton to see you depart a few minutes…
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 23, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT, Oity Point, Va.: We start to you at 1 p.m. to-day. May lie over during the dark hours of the night. Very…
HEADQUARTERS 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…