never knew till 4 p. m. that the enemy had destroyed the bridges there, nor did I know till late in the afternoon the causes of the delay in the advance of the Sixth Corps.

Respectfully, &c.,

GEO. G. MEADE.

HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
Farmville, April 7, 1865-7.45 p. m.

Major-General MEADE:

Order the Fifth Corps to follow the Twenty-fourth at 6 a. m. up the Lynchburg road; the Second and Sixth to follow the enemy north of the river.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

FARMVILLE, April 7, 1865-9.30 p. m.

Major-General MEADE:

I inclose you copy of a dispatch sent to you this evening by signal.* The Fifth [Second?] Corps is here. i will send copy of the dispatch to Generals Griffin and Wright. Sheridan with the cavalry is at Prospect Station. The enemy cannot go to Lynchburg, possibly. I think there is no doubt but that Stoneman entered that city this morning. I will move my headquarters up with the troops in the morning, probably to Prospect Station. Have the prisoners been sent to City Point yet? If not they should go at once under strong escort.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

CITY POINT, VA., April 7, 1865.

(Received 2.30 p. m.)

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.:

Eleven thousand nine hundred prisoners of war, including the Fort Stedman captures, have been forwarded from this place since the 25th of March. The 2,000 reported by Lieutenant-General Grant on the 4th instant have not yet arrived. About 500 are in Richmond.

Respectfully,

W. HOFFMAN,

Commissary General of Prisoners.

SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 163.
Washington, April 7, 1865.

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17. Brigadier General William Harrow, U. S. Volunteers, will report in person without delay to Major-General Hancock, U. S. Volunteers, at Winchester, Va., for assignment to duty.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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*See Grant to Meade, next, ante.

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