294 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
March 30, 1865 - 12.30 p. m.*General MILES,
Commanding First Division:
Division commanding will at daylight to-morrow take measures to ascertain whether the enemy in our front can probably be attacked with success. It is of the utmost importance that General Griffin be relieved at the earliest possible moment, and every exertion must be made immediately to do it with the utmost expedition.
By command of Major-General Humphreys:
C. J. MILLS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
(Same to General Hays, commanding Second Division, and General Mott, commanding Third Division.)
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
March 30, 1865.Brigadier-General MILES,
Commanding First Division:
GENERAL: The following charges in the positions of the troops are ordered to take place to-night:
1st. Brigadier-General Hays, commanding Second Division, will immediately upon receipt of this order put all his division in the line, occupying it with a single line, relieving General Mott's troops from as much of the line as possible and relieving his pickets also.
2nd. As soon as General Hays had relieved General Mott as far as he can, General Mott will relieve General Miles, and will hold the line to the Boydton plank road with two brigades.
3rd. General Miles, upon being relieved by General Mott, will relieve General Griffin in the line he now holds, taking up the return on the Boydton plank road.
4th. General Mott will send a brigade to support the left of the line held by General Miles after relieving General Griffin.
5th. Each division commander will report when they have carried out this order.
By command of Major-General Humphreys:
C. J. MILLS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
(Same to Generals Hays and Mott.)
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
March 30, 1865 - 7.20 a. m.Brevet Major-General MILES,
Commanding First Division:
General Humphreys wishes to know if you connect with the Fifth Corps, how far you have advanced this line, and if you are still advancing? How is the country through which you move?
Very respectfully,
C. A. WHITTIER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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* Probably 12.30 a. m. march 31.
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