71 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III
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HDQRS. DEPT. OF WASHINGTON, 22nd ARMY CORPS, Washington, D. C., March 21, 1865.General BARNES,
Commanding, Point Lookout:Will you have 1,000 men at the post after the removal of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry? If not, how near that; and will you have sufficient for the present? The two regiments then will be filled up as soon as possible. About how many men in the hospital then will be available for the Vereran Reserve Corps? How many men and how many horses will there be in the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry to send?
C. C. AUGUR,
Major-General, Commanding.
POINT LOOKOUT, March 21, 1865. (Received 6.20 p.m.)
Major General C. C. AUGUR:
The Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry will have 1,200 men and 900 horses, camp and garrison equipage, and six wagons. They had better turn over their muskets here, probably. There are about fifty men in the hospital fit for duty in the First Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and thirty for duty in the First of those the board were permitted to have access to. Doctor Delany returns to Washington to-night, and will report the state of things there. I shall have over 1,000 men, including the detachments. I will mange to get along until the Veteran Reserves are filled up. I am informed that the Eleventh Regiment will be filled very soon.
JAMES BARNES,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HDQRS. DEPT. OF WASHINGTON, 22nd ARMY CORPS, Washington, D. C., March 21, 1865.General BARNES,
Commanding, Point Lookout:Let the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry make immediate requisition for carbines and such equipments as they require to fit them for the field. Send an officer with the requisitions to hasten the delivery of the articles. Their muskets may be turned over to your ordnance officer to be sent to the arsenal here, except such as you require for your own use.
C. C. AUGUR,
Major-General, Commanding.
HDQRS. DEPT. OF WASHINGTON, 22nd ARMY CORPS, Washington, D. C., March 21, 1865.General GAMBLE,
Commanding, Fairfax Court-House:General Hancock has a force in Loudoun County, and thinks the rebel force there will be driven over toward you. You had better have a force out to look for them.
C. C. AUGUR,
Major-General, Commanding.
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