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

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HDQRS. PROVISIONAL DIVISION, ARMY OF THE JAMES,
April 2, 1865.

General BENHAM:

Will you please inform me if all the troops left in the defenses at City Point have been sent up to General Parke. I have been ordered to take command of the defenses of City Point and Bermuda Hundred.

Respectfully,

G. K. WARREN,

Major-General.


HDQRS. ENGINEER BRIGADE AND DEFENSES CITY POINT,
April 2, 1865.

Major General G. K. WARREN:

In the absence of General Benham, who is now with the Ninth Corps, I have the honor to report that all the troops from this point are now with General Parke, except a very small number for guard and three companies doing picket duty on the left of the line across Bailey's Creek; also two batteries of light and one of heavy artillery, with thirty-fourth guns in the works.

CHANNING CLAPP,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

CITY POINT, April 2, 1865-5 p.m.

Brigadier General H. W. BENHAM,

Commanding Engineer Brigade, Headquarters Ninth Corps:

General G. K. Warren has telegraph saying that he is placed in command of the Defenses of City Point and Bermuda Hundred, and asking if there are any troops left there. I have replied that there is only a very small number for guard and three companies doing picket duty, with two batteries of light and one of heavy artillery, with thirty-four guns in the works.

CHANNING CLAPP,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS REMOUNT CAMP,
Near City Point, Va., April 2, 1865.

Captain CHANNING CLAPP,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that every armed man in my command (mounted and dismounted) was this morning at 8 o'clock ordered to the outer line of defenses by Brigadier-General Benham. The men now in camp are entirely unarmed.

I am, captain, most respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. Q. ANDERSON,

Colonel 17th Pa. Cav., Commanding Remount Camp, Sheridan's Cav.

TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS,

April 2, 1865.

Brigadier-General CARR,

Wilson's:

If you get deserters or information from extreme left of enemy send here immediately. Ascertain, if possible, if any troops moved from that point.

G. F. SHEPLEY,

Brigadier-General, &c.


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