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HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
January 22, 1865. (Received 11.05 a. m.)Lieutenant-Colonel BARSTOW:
I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has transpired on the lines of this corps during the past twenty-four hours.
GEO. W. GETTY,
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
January 22, 1865. (Received 11.10 a. m.)General WEBB:
Nothing new on our front. Ten deserters were forwarded yesterday.
About the same number are reported this morning. Will let you know the number on their arrival.
JNO. G. PARKE,
Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
January 22, 1865. (Received 1.05 p. m.)Bvt. Major General A. S. WEBB,
Chief of Staff:
Eleven deserters have been reported-four from Twenty-sixth South Carolina, two from Eighteenth South Carolina, one from Forty-sixth Virginia, one from Fifty-ninth Alabama, one from Forty-ninth North Carolina, one from Forty-third Alabama, one from Fifty-ninth Virginia. All belong to Bushrod Johnson's division. They have no news.
JNO. G. PARKE,
Major-General.
HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA,
ARMY OF THE JAMES,In the Field, January 22, 1865-11.05 a. m.
Major-General ORD,
Fort Monroe:
General Bragg telegraphs that unless Forts Caswell and Holmes are re-enforced they will fall. Lee is made generalissimo, Johnston taken Army of Virginia, Beauregard relieved Hood, Breckinridge takes portfolio of war.
JNO. W. TURNER,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.
(Forward to Secretary of War.)
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Numbers 11.
Fort Fisher, N. C., January 22, 1865.I. Bvt. Brigadier General H. L. Abbot, commanding Siege Artillery, will select one company from the artillerists under his command to remain at this point with that portion of the siege train that has been landed.
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