908 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III
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PETERSBURG, April 23, 1865.
Major General H. W. HALLECK:
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your telegram of 7 p. m. of this date.
P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major-General.
OFFICE OF CHEF QUARTERMASTER, ARMIES OPERATING AGAINST RICHMOND, VA.,
City Point, Va., April 23, 1865.
Major General P. H. SHERIDAN,
Commanding Cavalry, Petersburg, Va.:
The cavalry of the Army of the James wants some 1,300 cavalry horses. After you are left can I supply them, or will you leave dismounted men whom it will be necessary first to mount? If you will require artillery horses they might be got from the Artillery Reserve and replaced by me before wanted.
RUFUS INGALIS,
Brigadier-General and Chief Quartermaster.
PETERSBURG, April 23, 1865.
Brevet Major-General INGALLS,
City Point:
I think it would be best to mount the cavalry of the Army of the James first, then the First and Third Divisions, then the Second Division. I will not want any artillery horses. Will try and get along with what we have.
P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major-General.
ORDERS.] CAVALRY HEADQUARTERS,
Petersburg, Va., April 23, 1865.
The command will marc h to-morrow morning, the 24th instant, at 6 o'clock, via the Boydton road and Dinwiddie Court-House, to Birchett's Bridge, on the Nottoway River, and will encamp there to-morrow night unless otherwise directed. The following will be the order of march: First, the Second Cavalry Division, General Crook commanding; second, the First and Third Divisions, General Merritt commanding. Headquarters wagons and ambulances will accompany their respective divisions. Ordnance and subsistence wagons will follow in rear of the commands, and General Merritt will detail a suitable rear guard and escort for this train. General Crook will detail one regiment to remain here until the evening of the 24th instant, and the commanding officer will report to these headquarters for instructions at 6 to-morrow morning. The headquarters of the major-general commanding on the march will be with the landing division.
By command of Major-General Sheridan:
F. C. NEWHALL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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