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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS 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…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., March 21, 1865. General GAMBLE, Commanding, Fairfax Court-House: General Hancock has a force in Loudoun County, and thinks the rebel force there will be…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., March 21, 1865. General BARNES, Commanding, Point Lookout: Let the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry make immediate requisition for carbines and such equipments as they require…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., March 21, 1865. General BARNES, Commanding, Point Lookout: Will you have 1,000 men at the post after the removal of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry?…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 21, 1865. March 21, 1865. Maj. Gen. C. C. AUGUR, Commanding Department of Washington: Major-General Hancock desires the Second Regiment, First Veteran Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel Kusserow…
Washington Washington, March 21, 1865. Maj. Gen. W. S. HANCOCK, Commanding Middle Military Division, Winchester, Va.: The Secretary of War directs that Maj. Gen. George Crook be immediately relieved from…
HANCOCK’S HEADQUARTERS, March 21, 1865. March 21, 1865. (Received 7 a. m. 22d.) Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff: I learn to-night, through a dispatch from General Carroll, at Cumberland, that…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, White House, Va., March 21, 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. A. RAWLINS, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: I send to-day to City Point, under command of Colonel…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 21, 1865. No. 58. Before Richmond, Va., March 21, 1865. Brigade, Cavalry Division, will report to Col. S. P. Spear,…