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1245 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III

Page 1245 Chapter LVIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
June 1, 1865.

Major-General WRIGHT,

Commanding Sixth Corps, Maple Grove:

An officer will meet you at Annandale to-morrow to conduct you to your camps.

GEO. D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

NOTE.-Send this to Fairfax Station also, to be kept till arrival of General Wright.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
Fairfax Court-House, June 1, 1865.

Colonel GEORGE D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:

I have the honor to report that I reached this point this afternoon and shall move at 5 a. m. to-morrow. At Annandale I shall await the arrival of the staff officer mentioned in your dispatch of this morning.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General, Commanding.

ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS,

June 1, 1865.

The corps will move at 5 a. m. to-morrow, proceeding on the Little River turnpike toward Alexandria in the following order: First, First Division; second, Second Division; third, Third Division, each to be followed by its own headquarters train; fourth, ambulances; fifth, supply train.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Cumberland, Md., June 1, 1865.

Bvt. Major General W. P. CARLIN,

Commanding First Infantry Division, Dept. of W. Va.:

GENERAL: The general commanding directs that the Thirteenth Regiment West Virginia Volunteers, now en route, be held at Grafton for the present and until relieved by the Ninety-first Ohio, which he is advised will be sent to that point.

I am very respectfully, your obedient servant,

TH. MELVIN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


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