HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
April 2, 1865-1.45 a.m.

Bvt. Major General A. S. WEBB,

Chief of Staff:

Our only hope of success in the assault ordered at 4 o'clock was in a surprise. That is now entirely lost. Does the major-general commanding intend that under these circumstances the assault shall be made? My previous dispatches show that the enemy is still in our front.

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
Avery House, April 1865-1.50 a.m.

Bvt. Major General A. S. WEBB,

Chief of Staff:

I have just received the dispatch of 1.30 a.m., ordering the attack at 4 a.m.*

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 2, 1865-2.55 a.m.

Major-General PARKE:

Your dispatches of 1.15, 1.30, and 1.45 a.m. were received and referred to the lieutenant-general who ordered this attack. No answer.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

[APRIL 2, 1865.-For Parke to Webb, 5.55 a.m., reporting capture of lines opposite Fort Sedgwick, see p.453.]

HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
Fort Rice, April 2, 1865-6.50 a.m.

Bvt. Major General A. S. WEBB,

Chief of Staff:

We have captured 2 redans, 2 forts, and 12 guns, but the enemy hold works in the rear. We cannot spare troops for General Wright.

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 2, 1865-6.57 a.m.

Major-General PARKE:

Major-General Meade is pleased to hear of your success. He does not wish you to send troops to Wright when you are so successful on your own front.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

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* See Webb to Wright and Parke, 1.30 a.m., p.477.

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