"The first general order issued by the Father of his Country after the Declaration of Independence indicates the spirit in which our institutions were founded and should ever be defended."

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,

Broad of Publication.

SERIES I - VOLUME XXXVIII - IN FIVE PARTS.

PART IV - CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1891.