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GARNETT'S MOUNTAIN, April 1, 1864.

Major-General WARREN:

Weather very hazy. Can see nothing but enemy's pickets on Robertson River.

FULLER,

Signal Officer.


HEADQUARTERS THIRD CAVALRY DIVISION,
April 1, 1864.

Colonel SMITH, Chief of Staff:

A dispatch from Major Hammond, commanding detachment at Grove Church, reports all quiet. A skirmish occurred yesterday near Hartwood Church between a patrol and a party bushwhackers, in which 4 men were wounded.

J. KILPATRICK,

Brigadier-General.


HEADQUARTERS THIRD CAVALRY DIVISION,
April [1], 1864--1 p. m.

Colonel C. ROSS SMITH, Chief of Staff, Cavalry Corps:

Citizens inform my officers in command of outposts at Grove Church that all rebel troops on that side of the river have been ordered back. They give as a reason anticipated movements.

J. KILPATRICK,

Brigadier-General.

DETROIT, April 1, 1864.

Captain SAMUEL WRIGHT, Assistant Adjutant-General:

Give special instructions to officers to hurry forward the regiments as fast as possible, via Pennsylvania Central Railroad, to Harrisburg and thence to Annapolis.

O. B. WILLCOX,

Brigadier-General.

MARTINSBURG, April 1, 1864.

(Received 3. 10 p. m.)

Major General H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff:

General Averell wishes to go with me to consult Lieutenant-General Grant. It is important.

E. O. C. ORD,

Major-General.

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1, 1864--4 p. m.

Major-General ORD, Martinsburg, W. Va.:

General Averell has permission to visit Washington to meet General Grant.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General, Chief of Staff.


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