If Lee's left is turned, large provision will have to be made for ordnance stores. I would say not much short of 500 rounds of infantry ammunition would do. By the other, half the amount would be sufficient.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, ENGINEER DEPT.,
April 9, 1864.

Memorandum: Three companies of the Fiftieth New York Engineers to be attached to each corps. Each detachment provided with a pontoon train, and are to take charge of the intrenching tools of the corps to which they are attached. These detachments should be inspected from time to time in order to determine whether their trains are in a state of efficiency.

[J. C. DUANE,

Chief Engineer.]

ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

April 9, 1864.

General S. WILLIAMS,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:

GENERAL: The commanding general directs that one battalion of the Fourth New York Foot Artillery be assigned to each of the three corps. I would recommend that the battalions be detailed by Colonel Tidball, chief of artillery, Second Corps. The regiment is camped with that corps.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

HENRY J. HUNT,

Brigadier-General, Chief of Artillery.

PONY MOUNTAIN, April 9,* 1864-5. 25 p. m.

Captain NORTON:

Two regiments of infantry, with wagons, have gone into bivouac this p. m. on the main road between Raccoon and Morton's Fords. Two new camps of about one regiment each discovered on right and about 1 mile in rear of Raccoon Ford. The enemy have completed their work between Raccoon and Somerville Fords. It has eight embrasures, but no guns as yet. All quiet elsewhere.

PAINE.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 9, 1864-10. 30 p. m.

COMMANDING OFFICER FIFTH CORPS:

The commanding officer of the Cavalry Corps has been authorized to draw in the 100 men of Gregg's division now patrolling from Bealeton to Morrisville. A regiment of General Gregg's command is ordered to Morrisville and a regiment of General Kilpatrick's command to the vicinity of Grove Church.

S. WILLIAMS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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*See foot-note, p. 822.

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