PETERSBURG, April 3, 1865.

Major General E. O. C. ORD:

You will halt your rear division at the point where it may be when this reaches [you], and let them rest there until further orders from these headquarters.

By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

E. S. PARKER,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION,
TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS,

In Camp near Well's House, In the Field, Va., April 3, 1865.

Bvt. Brigadier General THEODORE READ,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have received the order to march at 4 o'clock, having already encamped at the Wells house, nine miles from Petersburg, and had issued the order to march so as to close up the gap. My trains have been much interrupted by those of the Second Corps, but they are closed up on my column. One of my regiments, the Eighth, has staid behind, having probably been stopped by some staff officer and sent back to Petersburg, under the impression that the order to take another direction had not been revoked. The Eighth is expected up to-night. I need about twelve fresh horses for my battery.

I am, general, your obedient servant,

WM. BIRNEY,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, No. 40. In the Field, Va., April 3, 1865.

In consequence of the distinguished gallantry displayed yesterday by the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers in the assault on Fort Gregg, so much of the recent general order as deprives the officers and men of this regiment from "leaving the limits of their camp" is hereby rescinded.

By command of Major General John Gibbon:

EDWARD MOALE,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS,

April 3, 1865-4.30 a.m.

Lieutenant-General GRANT:

I believe the lines in my front are evacuated, and I propose to see at once.

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.

TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS,

April 3, 1865-5.25 a.m.

Lieutenant-General GRANT:

Continual explosions and fires in enemy's lines. Large number of deserters. All report evacuation. I will move at daybreak.

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.