RICHMOND, April 22, 1865-7 p. m.

Lieutenant-General GRANT:

Orders have been sent to Major-General Meade and Major-General Sheridan in compliance with your telegram of this date.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General.

RICHMOND, VA., April 22, 1865.

(Received 4.15 p. m.)

Colonel R. D. CUTTS,

Aide-de-Camp:

Come to Richmond immediately. I wish you to take of rebel archives. Everybody has been plundering them.

H. S. HALLECK,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 22, 1865.

Bvt. Brigadier General J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your dispatch of this date transmitting General Orders, Numbers 71, current series, from War Department, and General Orders, Numbers 1. headquarters Military Division of that James.*

GEO. G. MEADE,

Major-General, Commanding.

RICHMOND, April 22, 1865-7 p. m.

(Received 7.30 p. m.)

Major-General MEADE:

Put a corps of infantry at the disposition of General Sheridan. It will immediately move south on Danville, subject there, and en route, to the orders of General Sheridan. Give orders accordingly. General Grant is en route to Raleigh, and may send this army corps orders direct to Danville.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 22, 1865-10.30 p. m.

Major-General HALLECK,

Richmond:

In compliance with your orders the Sixth Corps will move to-morrow at daylight on the road to Danville, six batteries of artillery, four days' subsistence on the person, and eight days' subsistence and forage in the supply trains. A bridge train of 600 feet will accompany the column, to cross the Staunton River. The enemy have destroyed the

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* See pp. 833, 891.

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