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597 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III

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The pursuit will be continued so soon as the men have a little rest. Griffin, with the Fifth Corps, will be moved by the left, and Wright and Humphreys continue the direct pursuit as long as it promises success.

GEO. G. MEADE,

Major-General, Commanding.


SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 162.
Washington, April 6, 1865.

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63. Bvt. Brigadier General Henry A. Morrow, colonel Twenty-fourth Michigan Volunteers, will report to the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac for assignment to duty according to his brevet rank, to which he has been assigned by the President.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

ORDERS,] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

April 6, 1865-9.30 a.m.

Major-General Wright will move through Jetersville and take position on left of Second Corps. The Second Corps will be moved to Deatonsville; the Fifth Corps will then be on the right of the army.

By order of Major-General Meade:

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 6, 1865.

COMMANDING OFFICER SECOND CORPS:

Corps commanders will direct that all empty supply wagons report to the medical directors of their respective commands for the purpose of transporting wounded and sick to Burke's Station with necessary subsistence.

By command of Major-General Meade:

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

(Same to commanding officers Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Corps.)


HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,

April 6, 1865-7.10 a.m. (Received 7.45)

Bvt. Major General A. S. WEBB,

Chief of Staff:

At 6.30 o'clock this morning I proceeded to the Second Division to see how its movement was being conducted. The division was not in motion. At General Hays' headquarters I found every one sound


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