HEADQUARTERS POST,
City Point, March 29, 1865.

Captain C. CLAPP,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

CAPTAIN: I am directed by the general commanding to inform you, for the information of Brigadier-General Benham, commanding Engineer Brigade, that the First Massachusetts Cavalry have been ordered to picket the roads from old Court-House to the Blackwater, and there connect with the dismounted men of Colonel Sanders.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. M. SCHOONMAKER,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

WINCHESTER, VA., March 29, 1865.

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff:

A party of scouts from General Stevenson's command captured last night Major Hibbs, Captain James (Mosby's quartermaster), and Lieutenant Mosby (Mosby's nephew) with their arms and horses, and brought them into our lines.

WINF'D S. HANCOCK,

Major-General, Commanding.

WINCHESTER, VA., March 29, 1865.

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff:

there is no bridge train with this army, except the one at Harper's Ferry for the Shenandoah, which is not suitable for transportation. I would like a canvas boat train for a bridge 275 [yards] long, so that if I required it there may not be any delay in the matter.

WINF'D S. HANCOCK,

Major-General.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 29, 1865 - 1.30 p. m.

Major-General HANCOCK,

Winchester, Va.:

general Delafield thinks that General Sheridan took with him only a part of the canvas boats sent up, and that you should have wight or ten on hand. Please ascertain, as we have only a few here. Your requisition will take all.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.

WINCHESTER, VA., March 29, 1865.

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff:

There are five boats here and no trestles. On reviewing the information on which I acted in making my requisition this morning, I conclude