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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
September 23, 1864-10.30 a.m. (Sent 10.40 a.m.)Brigadier-General GREGG,
Commanding Cavalry, Army of the Potomac:
Major Michler, acting chief engineer, will send an officer to map the country southward. Please furnish this office with a suitable escort. He will call on you for the purpose.
A. A. HUMPHREYS,
Major-General and Chief of Staff.
BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS,
September 23, 1864-9.20 p.m.
Lieutenant-General GRANT:
Glorious news. It will be so foggy at daylight that we cannot see what to fire at. May I say 8 a.m. to-morrow instead of daybreak?
B. F. BUTLER,
Major-General.
CITY POINT, VA., September 23, 1864.
Major-General BUTLER:
You can make the salute to-morrow morning at your own hour.
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
(Same to Major-General Meade).
DUTCH GAP, VA., September 23, 1864.
Colonel HENRY L. ABBOT,
Commanding Siege Artillery:
COLONEL: I have the honor to report that the enemy have made very poor practice at the canal to-day, hurting no one. They opened with sharpshooters this a.m., firing at every one who passed along the bank. A few shells from the mortars caused them to cease. They were driven out of their battery in the field this afternoon, and commenced firing from the old position in the point of woods. A disposition is manifested on the part of some in charge of the excavation to abandon the work. Can see no manner of reason for doing so. Have been here three weeks and have found no hotter place than our right mortar battery. Took occasion to speak very plainly to the man in charge of the digging (a citizen) to-day; spoke just what I thought. There are more persons frightened than hurt in this locality. Shall take care of the prisoners.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. H. PIERCE,
Captain, First Connecticut Artillery.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS,
Numbers 134.
Before Petersburg, Va., September 23, 1864.1. Colonel F. A. Osborn, Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with the Second Division. In relieving Col-
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