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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIRST DIV., FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
Numbers 132.
Warren's Station, Va., September 24, 1864.Colonel H. G. Sickel, One hundred and ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, having reported with his regiment in compliance with orders from headquarters Fifth Army Corps, is assigned to the First Brigade.
By command of Brigadier-General Griffin:
GEO. MONTEITH,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
September 24, 1864-9.30 a.m.General HUMPHREYS,
Chief of Staff:
I have the honor to report nothing unusual on my lines during the past twenty-four hours. Detached rifle-pits and defenses are being constructed along my rear line of pickets.
JNO. G. PARKE,
Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
September 24, 1864.Colonel T. S. BOWERS:
Will you please furnish me with a copy of any order or telegram extending the leave of Major-General Burnside and staff? I received from Major-General Burnside a copy of telegram from Lieutenant-General Grant to Major-General Burnside on this subject under date of September 1, but it has either been destroyed or mislaid.
JNO. G. PARKE.
CITY POINT, VA., September 24, 1864.
Major-General PARKE,
Commanding Ninth Army Corps:
The telegram from General Grant to General Burnside referred to in your dispatch of to-day reads as follows:
CITY POINT, VA., September 1, 1864.
Major General A. E. BURNSIDE,
Providence, R. I:
Await orders where you are. Your staff may remain with you.
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
No subsequent orders have been given to General Burnside.
GEO. K. LEET,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
Numbers 183.
September 24, 1864.* * * * * *
5. In pursuance of orders from headquarters Army of the Potomac, it is hereby directed that a garrison of 150 be placed in Fort Howard
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