Letter
Theodore Read to Ulysses S. Grant, March 23, 1865
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 have given directions to have them extinguished as soon as possible. E. K. O. C. ORD, Major-General. Hpgrs. DEPT. OF Virginia, ARMY OF THE JAMES, In the Field, March 23, 1865—12 m. Major-General WEITZEL, Commanding Twenty-fifth Army Corps: The colored regiment at City Point has been ordered to your command; also the colored cavalry from Point Lookout, numbering 900 horses and 1,200 men. They bring their transportation with them. They are now atmed with muskets. General Ord thinks you had better make requisition for Sharps carbines for them.
THEODORE READ,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MiLiTaRy Dtvision,
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MiLiTaRy Dtvision,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Theodore Read informs Lieutenant-General Grant of forest fires within Union lines and reports the transfer of colored troops and cavalry to Major-General Weitzel's command, recommending requisition of Sharps carbines.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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