HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865 a. m. (received 11 a. m.)

Major-General WEBB:

Not hearing from you learning that the picket-line of the Second Army Corps is ready I shall push forward at once.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General.

MARCH 25, 1865-11.02 A. M.

General WRIGHT,

Sixth Corps:

Your dispatch is just received for General Webb. He and General Meade are near here on a special trait. Will be here in a few minutes. You did not hear from him probably because he was in his way.

GEO. D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

MARCH 25, 1865-11 a. m.

General WRIGHT,

Sixth Corps:

General Meade has arrived. I showed him your dispatch to General Webb. He said it was all right, and that he had sent your orders from Meade's Station to push forward your pickets. Wheaton will be ordered to report to you.

GEO. D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
March 25, 1865-7.50 p. m.

Major-General WRIGHT,

Commanding Sixth Corps:

The major-general WRIGHT,

Commanding Sixth Corps:

The major-general commanding desires to receive a telegraphic report from you of to-day's operations. He has received nothing since 11 a. m. Please send a short dispatch as soon as possible.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
March 25, 1865-7.54 p. m.

Major-General WEBB:

A division of this corps was sent at an early hour this morning to support the Ninth Corps, reporting Major-General Parke. Subsequently, on the receipt of orders to press the enemy and drive in his picket-line, the picket-line of the corps was advanced, without making much impression upon the enemy. The line then, supported by the Second Division, and subsequently by the Second and Third Brigades of the First Division and the Second Brigade of the Third Division, was again advanced, and the enemy's intrenched picket-line carried, under a sharp fire of artillery and musketry. The line has been held and will be retained as a new and largely advanced picket-line. We have