627 Series I Volume XL-III Serial 82 - Richmond, Petersburg Part III
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, July 29, 1864.Colonel H. L. ABBOT,
Commanding:Will the service of the mortars be under your instructions, or do you expect that to be looked after here?
H. J. HUNT,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Artillery.
BROADWAY LANDING, VA., July 29, 1864.
Brigadier-general HUNT,
Headquarters Army of the Potomac:
I should detail a company of the Fourth New York Artillery to serve the Coehorns if ordered up.
HENRY L. ABBOT,
Colonel First Connecticut Artillery.
BROADWAY LANDING, VA., July 29, 1864 - 9.15 a. m.
Brigadier-General HUNT,
Headquarters Army of the Potomac:
Have you decided whether to order up the Coehorns for Fifth Corps front? I can only supply 600 rounds for them. I have ten of them here.
HENRY L. ABBOT,
Colonel First Connecticut Artillery.
ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, July 29, 1864.
Colonel ABBOT,
Broadway Landing:
Send up the Coehorns to Colonel Wainwright.
H. J. HUNT,
Brigadier-General.
ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
July 29, 1864 - 12.30 p.m.
Brigadier-General HUNT,
Headquarters Army of the Potomac:
Your two telegrams about the Coehorns are receives. I sent preparatory orders to Colonel Allcock by an orderly, and now send a telegram for him to your care. I shall send the six with 100 rounds each. Am now starting for your headquarters.
HENRY L. ABBOT,
Colonel First Connecticut Artillery.
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