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863 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III

Page 863 Chapter LVIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 89. April 20, 1865.

I. General Crawford, commanding Third Division, will to-morrow take position at Blacks and Whites Station, and take charge of the railroad from this point to Wilson's Station. General Crawford will guard all the roads and brigades in his vicinity. His depot for supplies will be at Blacks and Whites.

II. Brigadier-General Chamberlain, commanding First Division, will to-morrow take position at Wilson's Station and is intrusted with the protection of the railroad from that point to Petersburg, and will take proper measures for the protection of the roads and bridges on his line. His depot for supplies will be Wilson's Station.

III. It is thought that a considerable portion of the line of railroad can be guarded by patrols. The First Division will move at 6 a. m, the Third Division at 7 a. m.

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By command of Brevet Major-General Griffin:

FRED. T. LOCKE,
Brevet Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,

April 20, 1865. (Received 1.12 a. m.)

Major-General WEBB:

Has Curtin's brigade been ordered down form Farmville? If not, shall I order it here at once? Dispatch by Major Bache received.

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General.

The brigade is ordered down.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 20, 1865-7.55 p. m.

Major-General PARKE,

Wellville, Va.:

You are to take with your corps your artillery and sall your trains.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.


HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
April 20, 1865.

Colonel GEORGE RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:

COLONEL: I have the honor to request that the Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, detailed to guard subsistence stores, in pursuance of paragraph 11, Special Orders, Numbers 93, current series, from headquarters Army of the Potomac, and now at City Point, Va., may be relieved from that duty and order to await the arrival of the corps at that place.

I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General Corps.


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