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Page 592 OPERATIONS IN N. VA., W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter LV.

POLICE HEADQUARTERS,

November 9, 1864.

General GEORGE H. GORDON,

Chief of Staff:

From Tenth precinct:

We sent to the Eleventh Regiment Armory, corner Delancy and Christie streets, and there were no officers there. They had left about 8 a. m.

GEO. W. DILKS,

Inspector of Police.

POLICE HEADQUARTERS,

New York, November 9, 1864.

General BUTLER:

From the Fifteenth precinct:

The Eighty-fourth Regiment Armory is locked up, and no one there.

From the Sixth precinct:

The detailed officers of the Fourth Regiment were dismissed this morning.

From the Fourteenth precinct:

There are no officers in the armories of the Sixth, Eighth, [and] Seventy-first Regiments. The doors are all locked up.

GEO. W. DILKS,

Inspector of Police.

FIFTEENTH PRECINCT,

November 9, 1864.

Major-General BUTLER:

All quiet.

W. T. SIMONS,

Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp.

FIFTEENTH PRECINCT,

November 9, 1864.

Captain A. F. PUFFER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

SIR: I have the honor to report everything quiet in and around here. I would respectfully ask for further instructions.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

T. W. ROBERTSON,

Lieutenant, Veteran Reserve Corps, on Duty.

TWENTIETH PRECINCT,

November 9, 1864.

Captain A. F. PUFFER,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have the honor to state that no disturbance has occurred in this vicinity; not a single arrest has been made.

Very respectfully,

J. W. PAINE,

Major Fourth U. S. Colored Cavalry.


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