549 Series I Volume XXIX-II Serial 49 - Bristoe, Mine Run Part II
| Page 549 | Chapter XLI. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION. |
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, SIGNAL DEPT.,
December 6, 1863.General HUMPHREYS:
The following report has just been received, and is respectfully forwarded:
PONY MOUNTAIN SIGNAL STATION,
December 6, 1863-9 a.m.
Captain NORTON:
Had a fine view of the river at sunrise this morning. Do not tsee a large force of the enemy on this side of the river at any of the fords. Camp smokes have increased back of Raccoon Ford. See no movements of the enemy on any of the roads leading to the Blue Ridge. No camp smokes at or near Madison Court-House. The enemy appear to occupy their old positions, with a little heavier force opposite the fords than heretofore.
CASTLE,
Captain, and Signal Officer.
Very respectfully, &c.,
L. B. NORTON,
Captain, and Chief Signal Officer, A. P.
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, SIGNAL DEPT.,
December 6, 1863.Major-General HUMPHREYS,
Chief of Staff:
GENERAL: The following report has just been received, and is respectfully forwarded:
PONY MOUNTAIN SIGNAL STATION,
December 6, 1863-3.20 p.m.
Captain NORTON:
The enemy's force seems to gradually increase between Morton's and Stringfellow's Fords. Can see large camps there now. All the fords up to Garnett's are well guarded. See quite large camps along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, from Rapidan Station south. Have seen no demonstration on this side of the river to-day.
CASTLE,
Captain, and Signal Officer.
Very respectfully, &c.,
L. B. NORTON,
Captain, and Chief Signal Officer, A. P.
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION,
December 6, 1863.Colonel C. ROSS SMITH,
Chief of Staff:
The reconnaissace toward Madison Court-House had got to Thoroughfare Mountain at 11.15 a.m. The officer reports he can see the entire country beyond Madison Court-House to below Clark's Mountain; a signal man with a glass is along. No considerable force of the enemy is this side Robertson's River, above. Camp fires indicate the enemy's position between Rapidan Station and Orange Court-House, as well as along the river below. No movement on our right or in contemplation that can be heard of. The reconnaissance will be pushed forward.
W. MERRITT,
Brigadier-General.
| Page 549 | Chapter XLI. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION. |
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments