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Page 172 OPERATIONS IN N. VA., W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter LV.


HEADQUARTERS MILLED MILITARY DIVISION, New Market, September 25, 1864.

Brevet Major-General EMORY,
Commanding Nineteenth Army Corps:

GENERAL: I am instructed by the major-general commanding to inform you that Major-General Wright will have charge of the front this morning until the arrival of Generals Sheridan. You will receive your instructions from General Wright.

Very respectfully,

JAS. W. FORSYTH,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff.

ORDERS.] HDQRS. CAVALRY, MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, September 25, 1864-9 p. m.

The cavalry will move to-morrow a .m . in the direction of Stauton, as follows:

The First Division, Brigadier-General Merritt commanding, will move promptly at 5.30 o'clock.

The Third Division, Brigadier-General Wilson commanding, will follow the First Division.

Ten trains will march with their respective divisions. Division commanders will keep their columns well closed and allow no straggling. Division commanders will see that the order regarding the carrying of carbines is rightly enforced.

By command of Brevet Major-General Torbert:

WM. RUSSELL, JR.,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, September 25, 1864-9.30 a .m.

[General J. H. WILLSON:?]

GENERAL: I am directed by the chief of cavalry to say that he desires you to send your dismounted men to Martinsburg with the train, and thence by railroad to Harper's Ferry. The senior officer will report with the men to the commanding officer of Remount Camp, at Pleasant Valley, and all the officers going with the men will remain there on duty.

Very respectfully, &c.,
WM. RUSSELL, JR.,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS THIRD CAVALRY DIVISION, September 25, 1864-8.20 a. m.

Captain SIEBERT:

Have rations, forage, and clothing issued at once. Feed well, and have everything got in readiness to move as soon as possible. Send staff officers to see that every care is given to animals. Send dismounted men and one officer to fifty men to the trains with arms, &c. Have the ammunition and other trains put into good condition by exchanging animals. Direct battery to fill up and take large allowance of ammunition. Have my light wagon fixed. Send sick and wounded to train.

J. H. WILSON,

Brigadier-General.


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