HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 17, 1865. March 17, 1865. (Sent 8.55 p. m.) Col. THEO. READ, Assistant Adjutant-General : During the last hour several explosions have been heard in…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 17, 1865. March 17, 1865. General WEBB, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Army of the Potomac: Nothing of importance has occurred on my line. A scouting party…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, March 17, 1865. March 17, 1865. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General: I have the honor to report all quiet on this front during the past…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 17, 1865. March 17, 1865—9 p.m. Brevet Brigadier-General SHARPE: Refugees from Richmond who came into our lines to-day report that Sheridan had a fight…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. Brevet Major-General TORBERT, Chief of Cavalry : GENERAL: The major-general commanding desires you to send to-night a scouting party up…
WINCHESTER, V. A. WINCHESTER, V. A., March 16, 1865. (Received 12 m.) Maj. Gen. C. C. AUGUR, Commanding Department of Washington : Colonel Thompson, First New Hampshire Cavalry, with about…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, March 16, 1865. March 16, 1865. General CUSTER: It is important that the force ordered to Hanovertown Ferry in verbal message by Captain Cooley, aide-de-camp, make the reconnaissance…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, Mangohick Ohurch, Va., March 16, 1865. Brevet Major-General CUSTER, Commanding Third Cavalry Division : GENERAL: You will detail fifty picked men and horses, with one…
FIELD ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, March 16, 1865. No. 13. , Mangohick Church, March 16, 1865. J, The command will move to-morrow at 6 a. m. to Aylett’s Station, in the…
HEADQUARTERS 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…