THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION:

A COMPILATION OF THE

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

The Honorable REDFIELD PROCTOR, Secretary of War.

BY

Major GEORGE B. DAVIS, U.S.A.,

MR. LESLIE J. PERRY,

MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, Board of Publication.

SERIES I-VOLUME XXXVIII-IN FIVE PARTS.

PART V-CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1891.