HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, May 8, 1865.

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Richmond, Va.:

Your understanding of my dispatch is correct. I did not intend to include the artillery of Sherman's army.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

WASHINGTON, May 8, 1865.

Major-General HALLECK,

Richmond, Va.:

Lieutenant-General Grant desires me to say that the sum of $460 was placed in his hands as a reward of gallantry for the man who should first raise our flag over Richmond. As Richmond was not taken by assault he deems the donors' wishes will be best carried out by dividing the sum between three men, one to be selected by General Wright as most conspicuous for gallantry in the carrying of the enemy's lines at Petersburg by Wright, one to be selected by Gibbon for gallantry in the assault, on the fort south of Petersburg on the river line by the Twenty-fourth Corps, and one to be selected by Sheridan for gallantry at Five Forks.

C. B. COMSTOCK,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Aide-de-Camp, and Brevet Brigadier-General.

[First indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Richmond, May 11, 1865.

Respectfully referred to Major-General Gibbon, commanding Twenty-fourth Army Corps, for compliance with the within order.

By order of Major-General Ord:

ED. W. SMITH,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Second indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS,
Richmond, Va., May 14, 1865.

Respectfully returned.

Sergt. Thomas McGraw, Company B, Twenty-third Illinois Volunteers, has been selected in accordance with the within instructions to receive the reward for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on Fort Gregg. He is now absent on furlough.

JOHN GIBBON,

Major-General of Volunteers, Commanding Corps.

[Third indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Richmond, May 18, 1865.

Respectfully forwarded to headquarters Military Division of the James.

E. O. C. ORD,

Major-General, Commanding.