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

Page 138 Chapter LVIII. N. AND SE. VA., W. VA., MD., AND PA.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865.

Major-General PARKE,

Your dispatch received, and I have sent orders to halt the division and report to you before returning. My command is held ready for any emergency, as you suggest.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General, Commanding.


HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865-7 a. m.

Major-General WRIGHT:

GENERAL: Than you for your offer but I think I have all I require at present. You might hold your available batteries in readiness, in case of an emergency.

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865-7.20 a. m.

Major-General WRIGHT,

Commanding Sixth Corps:

Please lt the division move on to the Jones house. The enemy still hold a part of our line.,

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865.

Major-General PARKE:

The division will be moved at once to the Jones house.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General, Commanding.

MARCH 25, 1865-7.50 a. m.

Major-General WRIGHT,

Commanding Sixth Corps:

General Parke desire your division to move over at once.

GEO. D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865. (Received 8.15 a. m.)

Colonel GEORGE D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

The division has gone. It will probably be at the Jones house in fifteen minutes.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General.


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