ALEXANDRIA, July 11, 1864-3. 45 a. m.

(Received 4 a. m.)

Major General C. C. AUGUR,

Commanding:

GENERAL: I have directed the Twelfth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps to report at Reserve Camp, in Washington, pursuant to your orders. They have just departed by railroad.

JNO. P. SLOUGH,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers and Military Governor.

ALEXANDRIA, July 11, 1864.

(Received 7. 30 p. m.)

ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,

Headquarters Department of Washington:

SIR: Nothing unusual has happened in this command to-day.

JNO. P. SLOUGH,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers and Military Governor.

ALEXANDRIA, VA., July 11, 1864-9. 35 p. m.

Colonel TAYLOR,

Chief of Staff:

COLONEL: The patrols report that the picket near Falls Church was fired on to-day. Otherwise all quiet.

H. H. WELLS,

Provost-Marshal.

HEADQUARTERS DE RUSSY'S DIVISION,
Arlington, Va., July 11, 1864.

Lieutenant Colonel J. H. TAYLOR,

Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General:

Captain H. D. Scott's (Sixteenth Massachusetts) battery was relieved from this command last night and ordered to report to Major-General Hardin. Captains Taft and Thompson are ordered to report to Major James A. Hall, at Camp Barry, D. C., to-morrow morning at daylight.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. A. DE RUSSY,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF WASHINGTON, 22nd ARMY CORPS,
July 11, 1864.

Colonel H. M. LAZELLE,

Commanding Cavalry Brigade, Falls Church:

COLONEL: The major-general commanding desires that you send a good troop of cavalry to report to Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Wells, provost-marshal-general, Defenses South of Potomac, at Alexandria.

I am, colonel, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

J. H. TAYLOR,

Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General.