now are, and report the location to these headquarters. No officers under the rank of brigade commanders, except staff officers, will be permitted to visit Richmond or Manchester. Orders for the movement of to-morrow will be sent. The rations will be kept up to four days' on person, and eight days' in wagons.

By command of Major-General Humphreys:

CHAS. A. WHITTIER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS, No. 96. Danville, Va., May 5, 1865.

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3. All captured property will be turned in to the quartermaster's department, to be sent as rapidly as practicable to City Point and delivered over to the military authorities at that place. Captain J. F. Hazelton, assistant quartermaster of volunteers, is hereby directed to receive the property at the depot and forward it with the proper invoices, a duplicate of which will be retained here. All books, records, papers, &c., belonging to the late Confederate Government will be included in the property thus turned over, but will be forwarded to Colonel R. D. Cutts, aide-de-camp, keeper of public archives at Richmond, Va., As required in General Orders, No. 3, paragraph 1, headquarters Military Division of the James, April 25, 1865.

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By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5, 1865.

Major General P. H. SHERIDAN,

Petersburg, Va.:

You have permission to remain at Petersburg until you complete your report.

JNO. A. RAWLINS,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

CAVALRY HEADQUARTERS,

Petersburg, Va., May 5, 1865.

Major-General CROOK,

Commanding Second Cavalry Division:

GENERAL: I am instructed by the major-general commanding to inform you that he will leave here early to-morrow morning and take the 10 o'clock boat for Washington. The general thinks that you had better come over to-morrow morning and occupy his quarters. The department and staff officers will remain here subject to your orders.

I am, general, very respectfully,

JAS. W. FORSYTH,

Brevet Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.