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467 Series I Volume XL-III Serial 82 - Richmond, Petersburg Part III

Page 467 Chapter LII. CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.-UNION.


HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 26, 1864.

General S. WILLIAMS:

Nothing of importance occurred during the night on my line. One deserter from First Texas came in this morning and has been sent up. Six hundred men from Second Division and 400 men from First Division were at work on the line during the night.

G. K. WARREN,
Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 26, 1864.

Major-General MEADE:

I send you a copy of the Richmond Examiner of to-day. General Hood's report now is that he took 13 guns instead of 22 and 18 colors instead of 5. It speaks of some 5,000 or 6,000 of our troops as having crossed at Deep Bottom yesterday.

G. K. WARREN,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, July 26, 1864-5 p.m.

Major-General WARREN,
Commanding Fifth Army Corps:

I am instructed to inform you that Major-General Hancock is moving his corps, and that General Burnside is directed to occupy the intrenchments formerly occupied by Ferrero with a division as soon as it is dark. The pickets of Hancock have been removed. General Burnside's troops will re-establish the lines as soon as they reach the ground.

A. A. HUMPHREYS,

Major-Genera and Chief of Staff.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, July 26, 1864-8 p.m.

Major-General WARREN,
Commanding Fifth Corps:

The order directing General Burnside to send a division to occupy the intrenchments on your left, formerly occupied by General Ferrero, is suspended.

A. A. HUMPHREYS,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.


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