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

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into camp in rear of pines north 20 degrees west from station. The remainder went into small camp north 10 degrees west from station. At 1 p. m. regiment with one color came out from works left of Mrs. Hart's and disappeared to the left. This color is the one reported as seen on the works near Mrs. Hart's. One regiment of 156 men with color came out of camp near Boisseau's, marched to left as far as Battery 54, and then deployed along the works toward our right.

E. H. WARDWELL,

Lieutenant, Signal Officer.

(Same to Brevet Major Paine, General Ord's headquarters, and Lieutenant Dillingham, Ninth Army corps headquarters.)

WALTHALL SIGNAL STATION, March 31, 1865-6.30 p. m.

Major PAINE,

Chief Signal Officer, Ninth Army Corps:

At 3 p. m. a train of twenty-five wagons passed toward our left on road rear of Whitehead's. At 6 a. m. two trains, each twenty wagons, passed from Petersburg toward enemy's right on a road beyond town south 60 west. At 9.05 a. m. one train of cars passed toward Petersburg.

Very respectfully,

GEO. W. HOPPING,

Sergeant.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
March 31, 1865-9 p. m.

General SHARPE,

Assistant Provost-Marshal-General at Lieutenant-General Grant's headquarters in the Field:

Examinations to-day show B. Johnson's entire division in front of the Second Army Corps; two brigades of Wilcox's division, Scales' and McGowan's, and two brigades of Pickett's division, Steauart's and Hunton's in front of Fifth Army Corps; balance of Pickett's division not accounted for. Prisoners from the Fifty-eighth Virginia, of Gordon's corps, said to have been taken by Sheridan, who has been fighting infantry.

J. C. B[ABCOCK].


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
March 31, 1865-7.30 a. m.

Major-General HUMPHREYS,

Second Corps:

The major-general commanding desires you to report the position of your troops this a. m.

A. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.


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