HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, April 1, 1865.

General H. L. ABBOTT,
Commanding Siege Artillery:

No orders were issued in regard to what operators should be taken from the Army of the James. General Grant called for a certain number, and the chief operator selected those whom be deemed could best be spared. As it's but a short distance to the hospital from Broadway and couriers at your command I think the service need not suffer by the present arrangement.

E. O. C. ORD,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, April 1, 1865.

Brigadier-General SHEPLEY,
Chief of Staff:

Everything is reported as apparently the same. No indication of any troops leaving has been observed. Got no deserters last night.

CHAS. DEVENS,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, April 1, 1865.

Brigadier-General SHEPLEY,
Chief of Staff:

Have got a picket for you. He is on his way from the picket-line. Was taken coming over to trade.

CHAS. DEVENS,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT ARMY OF THE JAMES, In the Field, Va., April 1, 1865.

Brevet Major-General KAUTZ,
Commanding First Division, Twenty-fifth Army Corps:

GENERAL: We have had important successes on our left this p.m. An evacuation in our front is anticipated. Watch the enemy carefully and report to me his movements at once.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. L. GOODRICH,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT ARMY OF THE JAMES, In the Field, Va., April 1, 1865.

Brevet Brigadier-General RUSSELL,

Commanding Attached Brigade, First Division, Twenty-fifth Army Corps:

GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you break camp at once and march your command across the pontoons to the