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Lieutenant-General to Abraham Lincoln, March 24, 1865
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, March 24, 1865. The PRESIDENT, City Point: I was glad to hear your safe arrival at Fortress Monroe, and hope that by this time you and…
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Letters about 1865
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Chas. B. Penrose to James D. Fessenden, March 23, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 23, 1865. General J. D. FESSENDEN, Commanding Post: The major-general commanding directs that you send a regiment of infantry to-morrow morning, with two days’ rations,…
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John D. Stevenson to NorRIs, March 16, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. Captain NorRIs, Second U.S. Cavalry: Major-General Hancock directs that you proceed with your regiment to Point of Rocks, below Harper’s…
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John D. Stevenson to DwiGHtT, March 23, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. General DwiGHtT, Commanding Nineteenth Corps: The major-general commanding directs that you send a regiment of infantry, with two days’ rations,…
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Winfield S. Hancock to Henry W. Halleck, March 23, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865—4 p.m. (Received 6.30 p. in.) Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff, Washington: I do not understand exactly what you mean by…
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Henry W. Halleck to Winfield S. Hancock, March 23, 1865
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, March 23, 1865. Major-General HANCOCK, Winchester : I am very much gratified by your energy in organizing and administering the military affairs of your important command.…
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Wesley Merritt to James W. Forsyth, March 23, 1865
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. Brigadier-General FORSYTH, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: A deserter just in from Richmond reports everything quiet there. Breadstuffs, &c., have risen very much…
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Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, March 23, 1865
White House, Va. White House, Va., March 23, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States : GENERAL: Your communication of the 21st instant, by hands…
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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…
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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…