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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 16, 1865. ; March 16, 1865. (Received 6.30 p. m.) Lieutenant-Colonel REAp, Chief of Staff: The column is now moving down the New Market road. I…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, City Point, Va., March 16, 1865. Major-General ORD, Army of the James: Secretary Stanton is here. JNO. A. RAWLINS, Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865—8.30 a.m. Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Point: The Blackwater, a branch of the Chowan, I am informed cannot be forded except…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. (Received 10.20 a.m.) Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac:Nothing worthy of mention has occurred on my…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. Major-General PARKE: Have seen General Hartranft and sent to General Willcox. General Hartranft thinks the disturbance in the enemy’s lines…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. (Received 11.15 a. m.) Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General: I have the honor to report that nothing of importance…
GENERAL ORDERS,) HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 16, 1865. The corps will be formed for review on the ground near Humphreys’ Station, leaving camp at 1 p. m., or as…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, ‘Assistant Adjutant-General: Three deserters have just arrived—one Forty ninth Virginia Infantry, and two Fifty-eighth Virginia Infantry,…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report all quiet on this front during the…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865—10 p. m. Major-General WEBB, Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac: We have a deserter from Wallace’s brigade, of Bushrod…
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865—12 m. Major-General HUMPHREYS: The Secretary of War with a party leave City Point for these headquarters at 12 to-day.…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865—11.33 a.m. Major-General WEBB, Chief of Staff: Some deserters from Hoffman’s brigade (formerly Pegram’s), Walker’s division (formerly Pegram’s), report that General…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 16, 1865. No. 52. City Point, Va., March 16, 1865. * * * * * * * I. I. The…
A eV Ot iV City Point, V. A. A eV Ot iV City Point, V. A., March 16, 1865. (Received 8.40 p. m.) Hon. C. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Tittle Rock, Ark., September 10, 1864. Brig. Gen. E. A. CARR, Commanding District of Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 10, 1864. Col. WILLIAM CROOKS, Commanding District, Helena: CoLONEL: Yours of the 5th to Major Morgan is received. My troops are all…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Lieut. Col. A. G. HALL, Fort Pike: You will make an expedition up Pearl River after the jayhawkers you speak…
BONNET CARRE BONNET CARRE, September 10, 1864. (Received 10 a. m.) Capt. FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant-General : Lieutenant Flint, from the 18-mile detachment, reports that Gonzales’ company of guerrillas came…
THIBODEAUX THIBODEAUX, September 10, 1864. Maj. G. B. DRAKE, Assistant Adjutant-General : The guns captured by Major Conover from the guerrilla robbers were shotguns, nothing more.* I hope I did…
Thibodeaux, La. Thibodeaux, La., September 10, 1864. Capt. FREDERIO SPEED, Assistant Adjutant-General, Defenses of New Orleans : Your communication of the 5th instant is at hand, but the pressure of…