disappeared from my district. I cannot think he has deserted, but I apprise you of the fact that proper steps my be taken to discover his whereabouts.

G. H. GORDON,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

FORT POWHATAN, VA., April 13, 1865.

Major-General HARTSUFF,

Petersburg:

I will reach Petersburg to-morrow with my regiment.

E. V. SUMMER,

Colonel First New York Mounted Rifles.

RICHMOND, April 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel S. S. SEWARD,

Fort Monroe:

General Read was sent, April 6, in command of a brigade to burn a bridge. He met two divisions of the enemy and fought for one hour and a half with extreme gallantry. He was killed by a musket-ball entering above the hip. His remains are at Burke's Station.

ED. W . SMITH,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

U. S. STEAMER DON, Rappahannock River, April 13, 1865. (Received 11.20 a. m. 14th.)

Major-General AUGUR,

Commanding:

Just down from Fredericksburg; 300 of Mosby's men (cavalry) passed through Falmouth bound to Fraquier and Loudoun Counties, on the evening of the 11th instant.

Respectfully,

F. A. PARKER,

Commander, Commanding Potomac Flotilla.

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, April 13, 1865.

General DWIGHT,
Commanding First Division, Summit Point:

It is reported that Mosby is collecting his force for a raid. The general wishes to take the necessary precautions to guard all exposed points along the railroad.

C. H. MORGAN,

Brevet Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, April 13, 1865.

Brevet Major-General TORBERT:

Intelligence is communicated from General Stevenson that Mosby is collecting his men at Snicker's Gap with the expressed view of a raid