Letter
U. S. Grant, March 23, 1865
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 from Thirteenth Georgia, three from Thirty-eighth Georgia, one Seventh Louisiana, one Fourth Virginia, two Twenty-first North Carolina. An examination of them elicted nothing of importance. They bring an Examiner of the 22d, which I forward. J. L. VAN BUREN, Brevet Colonel, &e. City PoInt, V. A., March 23, 1865. Major-General ORD: I see what appears te be large fires due north from here, and also northward. Do you see what they are from your headquarters?
U. S. GRANT,
. » Lneutenant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Ulysses S. Grant reports the capture of eight Confederate deserters and inquires about large fires observed near City Point during the final months of the Civil War.
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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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