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

Page 77 Chapter LVIII. CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.-UNION.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 22, 1865.

Colonel GEORGE D. RUGGLES,
Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has transpired on the lines of this corps during the past twenty-four hours. Two men from the Fourth New Jersey Volunteers deserted to the enemy last night.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 22, 1865. (Received 10.05 a. m.)

Bvt. Major General A . S. WEBB,
Chief of Staff:

Picket-firing heavier than usual last night. Seventeen deserters from Grimes' division been reported. We lost six substitutes last night-four from Thirty-fifth Massachusetts and two o from Forty-fifth Pennsylvania.

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 22, 1865.

Major-General WEBB:

A scouting party on the Jerusalem plank road was yesterday ambuscaded by some guerrillas, and lost 3 men killed and 5 captured. The enemy were finally driven off. I sent out a large force this a . m. to thoroughly scout the country and driven out these men. Nothing else of moment occurred.

H. E. DAVIES, JR.,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA, ARMY OF THE JAMES, In the Field, March 22, 1865-4.20 p. m.

Brigadier-General RAWLINS,

Chief of Staff, Hdqrs. Armies of the United States, City Point:

General Gordon sends the following information, received through a deserter from the Twenty-fourth Virginia Cavalry, who reports that the position which he occupied at Weldon afforded him a good opportunity to observe the amount of supplies passing through that place, the sources from whence they came, and their final destination: All of forage for General Lee's army passes through Weldon. It is brought there on the Seaboard, Raleigh and Gaston, and Weldon and Wilmington Railroads. Forage very scarce. All sugar and coffee lately issued to General Lee's army has been carried through Weldon, and most of it came via Murfree's Depot. Four hundred bales of cotton stored in Weldon when informant left. Cotton seized by Confederate Government is turned over to commissary of subsistence, who appoints agents to carry into our lines and dispose of it.


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