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

Page 841 Chapter LVIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.


HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
April 19, 1865.

Brigadier-General STEVENSON,

Harper's Ferry, Va.:

GENERAL: Major-General Hancock wishes me to express his gratification that you have finished Mobberly and his gang. Look out for your lines after 12 o'clock to-morrow. Mosby will either surrender or the truce with him end at that hour.

Respectfully,

W. G. MITCHELL,

Brevet Colonel and Aide-de-Camp.


HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
April 19, 1865.

General STEVENSON,

Harper's Ferry, W. Va.:

GENERAL: Major-General Hancock direct me to say that he is sending a division of infantry and some cavalry to Washington. The transportation of the division has been directed to be collected at Harper's Ferry or at Pleasant Valley under your orders, and to be sent by you under a sufficient guard to Washington. The guard will be ordered to return. If you think proper you can use the dismounted cavalry for this purpose. A close wathc should be kept on persons getting into the cars at Harper's Ferry and at all points along your lines going either way. Persons coming into your lines from the front should be made to account for themselves.

Respectfully,

W. G. MITCHELL,

Brevet Colonel and Aide-de-Camp.

WINCHESTER, April 19, 1865.

General EGAN;

Major-General Hancock directs that you relieve without delay the troops of General Dwight along the railorad.

W. G. MITCHELL,

Colonel and Aide-de-Camp.


HEADQUARTERS,
Gauley, W. Va., April 19, 1865-8 a. m.

Colonel J. H. OLEY,

Commanding District of Kanawha, W. Va.:

Colonel Hounshell accepts the terms offered to Lee by Grant, and surrenders his command, numbering 400 men, and will turn over all arms and Government property at Lewisburg, W. Va., immediately. Muster-rolls to be made and paroles given the terms of Lee's surrender. Shall I take an escort and proceed to Lewisburg to receive the same? The colonel states that other commands beyond Lewisburg and hundreds of men from other armies will accept these terms. Have I power to grant them and parole these men also?

J. WHITLEY, JR.,

Captain, Commanding Post.


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