ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AND NINETEENTH CORPS,

July 26, 1864.

The following movements are ordered for to-morrow:

1. At 4 a. m. the march will be resumed, following the Frederick turnpike, passing through Gaithersburg, Middlebrook, Nealsville, Clarksburg, and Hyattstown, in the following order: First, Nineteenth Corps, Brigadier-General Dwight; second, Sixth Corps, Brigadier-General Ricketts; third, trains.

2. The cavalry, Colonel Lowell commanding, will continue in front and on the left flank, as in previous orders, that in front moving as far as the Monocacy River.

3. The troops will camp in the vicinity of Hyattstown, and the trains will be parked in the same locality.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. DETACHMENT NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Washington, D. C., July 26, 1864.

Brigadier-General RAWLINS,

Chief of Staff, City Point:

I am ordered to City Point, where much the largest portion of my command is, and I shall start by the first boat, unless otherwise directed by Lieutenant-General Grant, which is made not improbable by the news of the evening just received.

Very respectfully, &c.,

W. H. EMORY,

Brevet Major-General, Commanding.

CITY POINT, VA., July 26, 1864-9 p. m.

(Received 27th.)

Major-General EMORY, Washington, D. C.:

Remain where you are at present. It is more than likely that your corps will be sent to Washington. Some of it goes immediately.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

HDQRS. DETACHMENT NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Camp near Chain Bridge, July 26, 1864.

Lieutenant-General GRANT,

Commanding Armies of the United States:

GENERAL: I send my aide-de-camp, Captain Cooley, to see what has become of the different parts of my command, and to represent to you its disjointed state, and to ask if it can be brought together. When I reached here there were only about 3,500 men of the First Division, and with these I was sent in pursuit of the enemy, leaving orders for the troops as they arrived to come up. On my return here I found that the troops that had landed after I had left for the front, were all sent back to City Point, so that there is here now only a part of the First Division. Two of the brigade commanders and parts of several regiments, including some of the commanders of