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he directs me to say that he wishes to be informed as to the authority by which this correspondent is permitted to gain information in direct violation of existing orders; also why the captured letters referred to were not forwarded to these headquarters without delay. He directs that the orders in relation to these matters be strictly carried out in future.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. B. PARSONS,
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. FOURTH DIV., DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Martinsburg, February 22, 1864.Brigadier-General SULLIVAN,
Commanding First Division, Harper's Ferry:
I am informed that the enemy's outpost, 700 strong, moved from Fisher's Hill, 2 miles this side of Strasburg, this morning.
WM. W. AVERELL,
Brigadier-General.
CUMBERLAND, February 22, 1864.
Colonel HALL,
Beverly:
It is reported that Imboden with his command is on the North Fork. Keep your scouts active on the Seneca road.
B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 24.
DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND N. CAROLINA, Fort Monroe, Va., February 22, 1864.Lieutenant Colonel M. P. Small, commissary of subsistence, is hereby announced as the chief commissary of subsistence of this department, on the staff of the major-general commanding, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By command of Major General B. F. Butler.
R. S. DAVIS,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. ARMY AND DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA,
New Berne, N. C., February 22, 1864.Major General B. F. BUTLER,
Commanding Department of Virginia and North Carolina:
GENERAL: Have just returned from Newport and Bogue Sound, and learn that General Pickett has been arrested and that General Armistead is at Kinston in command. * From all sources the intelligence is that an attack is contemplated on New Berne and this portion of my lines. Doubtless forces from Virginia will come by rail and grand assault will be ordered.
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*Armistead was killed at Gettysburg July 3, 1863.
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