HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
Near Brooklyn, April 26, 1865-5.30 p. m.

Major-General WEBB,

Chief of Staff:

I have the honor to report that I have reached this point, about eighteen miles from Danville, and am now going into camp. A strong force will be pushed forward at an early hour in the morning to take possession of Danville, where I expect to arrive with the main column to-morrow night. Up to this time I have learned nothing as to the whereabouts of General Sheridan.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 26, 1865-10.40 p. m.

Major-General WRIGHT,

Commanding Sixth Corps, near Danville:

We have no official information of General Sheridan's movements, but we hear that he left Petersburg at 6 a. m. on 23rd instant and moved down Boydton plank road.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
Near Brooklyn, April 26, 1865-5.30 p. m.

Mr. THOMAS DODAMEAD,

Superintendent Richmond and Danville Railroad, Danville:

Your dispatch of the 25th was received at 8.30 a. m. to-day, and Colonel Franklin, of my staff, will proceed to-morrow morning with a force in advance of the main column to meet the city authorities at such point on the road as may be most convenient for them, in the neighborhood of the city, to receive the surrender, and to establish such guards as may be necessary for the maintenance of good order. Colonel Franklin will reach Danville some time in the afternoon of to-morrow.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
April 26, 1865.

Mr. THOMAS DODAMEAD,

Superintendent Richmond and Danville R. R., Danville, Va.:

Colonel Franklin will leave here at an early hour to-morrow morning, and may be at Danville between 10 and 11 o'clock in the forenoon instead of reaching there in the afternoon, as stated in my previous dispatch to you.

H. G. WRIGHT,

Major-General, Commanding.