HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SECOND ARMY CORPS, April 1, 1865-10.40 p.m.

Lieutenant Colonel C. A. WHITTIER,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Second Army Corps:

COLONEL: Generals De Trobriand and McAllister are now in single line, and part of General Pierce also. Shall I take troops from the line for an attack? I have already ordered out parties to reconnoiter.

Very respectfully,

G. MOTT,

Brevet Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SECOND ARMY CORPS, April 1, 1865.

Brigadier General R. DE TROBRIAND,
Commanding First Brigade:

GENERAL: The brevet major-general commanding directs that you send one regiment of not less than 250 men to report to General McAllister at once.

Very respectfully,

WM. R. DRIVER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

APRIL 1, 1865-11 p.m.

Major DRIVER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

MAJOR: The order just received. I send forward the Seventy-third New York, One hundred and twenty-fourth New York, and One hundred and tenth Pennsylvania under Colonel Burns. In the meantime please answer these questions:

First. If I am repulsed shall I resume my position in line or renew the attack with more force?

Third. Is General Madill, on my left, instructed to follow, if successful?

Respectfully,

R. DE TROBRIAND.

As we are not in the same position as yesterday, we don't know exactly where we better strike. Colonel Burns will feel his way and act according to what he finds in his front.

R. DE T.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, SECOND ARMY CORPS, April 1, 1865.

Major DRIVER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

MAJOR: According to orders received from headquarters Third Division, I sent out a reconnoitering party of about twenty men. They passed our picket line and advanced up to the enemy's pickets, who