527 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III
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HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
April 3, 1865.Bvt. Major General O. B. WILLCOX,
Commanding First Division:
GENERAL: Major-General Parke directs me to inclose copy of telegram* just received from headquarters Army of the Potomac and say, in connection therewith, that your division will be left for the duty of guarding Petersburg and the railroad. He directs, therefore, that you at once relieved all troops other than your own in and around Petersburg, directing them to return to their camps, that they may prepare to march without delay.
I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JNO. C. YOUNGMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
APRIL 3, 1865-3.15 a.m.
General S. G. GRIFFIN,
Commanding Second Division:
Your dispatch 2 a.m. just received. Similar reports from the First Division. Enemy have just exploded ordnance depot in the city. The general directs that only a line of skirmishers be thrown forward and the condition of the enemy tested as indicated in your dispatch. He does not desire to bring on an engagement before 5.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHAS. G. LORING,
Brevet Colonel.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
April 3, 1865.Brigadier General S. G. GRIFFIN,
Commanding Second Division:
GENERAL: The commanding general directs me to inclose copy of telegram* just received from headquarters Army of the Potomac, and say in connection therewith, that your division will march, and that he desires you will at once collect all your pickets, garrisons, &c., so as to be ready to move at the shortest notice. You will be notified when to start as soon as the commanding general hears from General Wright.
I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JNO. C. YOUNGMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
April 3, 1865-7.30 a.m.General S. G. GRIFFIN,
Commanding Second Division:
The general commanding directs that you relieve General Collis and his command and direct him to report to General Benham at once.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHAS. G. LORING,
Brevet Colonel.
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*See Webb to Parke, 6 a.m., p.523.
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