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HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
April 3, 1865.Major-General MEADE,
Commanding Army of the Potomac:
You will furnish to General Humphreys the rations called for by him at the earliest moment possible, in accordance with your suggestion of 9.15 this evening. Inclosed are orders for General Humphreys to report to you hereafter, except that on to-morrow he will follow the route of march designated for him by General Sheridan.
By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:
E. S. PARKER,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
P. S.-Please forward to General Humphreys the order by one of your officers.
[Inclosure.]
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
Sutherland's Station, April 3, 1865.Major-General HUMPHREYS,
Commanding Second Corps:
You will hereafter report to Major-General Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac, for orders. On the morrow, however, you will follow the route of march designated for you by General Sheridan.
By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:
E. S. PARKER,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 158. Washington, April 3, 1865.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
12. So much of Special Orders, No. 149, March 28, 1865, from this office, as directed Bvt. Major General Francis C. Barlow, U. S. Volunteers, to report in person to Major-General Hancock for assignment to duty, is hereby revoked, and he will report in person for orders to Major-General Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac.
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21. Bvt. Brigadier General William Hoffman, commissary-general of prisoners, will at once proceed to City Point, Va., and report in person to Lieutenant-General Grant, commanding Armies of the United States, on business connected with prisoners of war. General Hoffman is authorized to take one clerk with him. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.
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By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.33 R R-VOL XLVI, PT III
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