Letter
Ulysses S. Grant to John D. Stevenson, March 18, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
March 18, 1865.
March 18, 1865. General J. D. STEVENSON, Harper’s Ferry: By what authority is Colonel Reno absent? The movement vontemplated is necessarily suspended. Have you ordered down the Rangers? Please send word to Halltown, to General Brooke, that the movement is suspended. If the orderly has the dispatch for Colonel Reno please tel! him to bring it with him. By order: C. H. MORGAN, Brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers and Chief of Staff. City Pornt, V. A., March 19, 1865—10.30 a.m. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of. War: Will you please direct the Ordnance Department to send money here at once to pay for arms brought in by deserters. A great many are coming in now, bringing their arms with them.
U. S. GRANT,
Tieutenant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Ulysses S. Grant requests clarification on Colonel Reno's absence, suspension of a military movement, and urgent funds to pay deserters turning in arms during March 1865.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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