HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 2, 1865.

General WRIGHT:

Can you spare a division from your command to support Parke? You now have a division of Second Corps.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
April 2, 1865-4.45 p.m.

Major-General WEBB,

Chief of Staff:

What shall I do with the nineteen guns captured by this corps to-day? They are now in Fort Welch, but I have no horses with which to draw them away. The provost-marshal reports 2,600 prisoners.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 2, 1865-5.25 p.m.

Major-General WRIGHT:

General Meade directs that you withdraw your troops from your old line and either send your artillery to the rear or put it on your new line, as in your judgment you may think best.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 2, 1865-8.30 p.m.

Major-General WRIGHT,

Commanding Sixth Corps:

The commanding general directs that you place all your artillery in position and open with your guns upon the enemy at 5 a.m. to-morrow. In case you should discover on his part any intention to evacuate his position, or any evidence of weakness, you will follow this bombardment by an assault on his lines.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

(Same to General Parke.)

HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,

Fort Rice, April 2, 1865-11.45 a.m. (Received 1.50 p.m.)

Major-General WRIGHT:

I have as much as I can do to take care of my line. We hold Fort Mahone and a long stretch of the enemy's line to our right with twelve guns and several hundred prisoners. The enemy are pressing our left, having apparently massed there, and have been placing fresh artillery