611 Series I Volume XLII-III Serial 89 - Richmond-Fort Fisher Part III
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
November 12, 1864.Brigadier-General WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
No changes in the lines during the last twenty-four hours. Enemy had working party on different parts of the line yesterday. New work thrown up in front of Fort Morton, about 600 yards distant.
WINF'D S. HANCOCK,
Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
November 12, 1864.Brigadier-General WILLIAMS:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report all quiet in my front during the last twenty-four hours. One rebel deserter, Sixth Virginia, received and forwarded.
G. K. WARREN,
Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
[November 12, 1864]-12.30 p. m.Major-General WARREN:
I am coming with Colonel Coles, British army, to ride over the lines, and will be glad to have your company. Will meet you at your respective headquarters.
GEO. G. MEADE,
Major-General, Commanding.
(Same to General Parke.)
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
November 12, 1864.Major-General HUMPHREYS,
Chief of Staff:
A deserter from the Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment has just come in. Came on the picket-line last evening. Heard no news from Hood or Early. Says that Mahone's division went into camp yesterday; means winter quarters. Says that when they finish the entrenchments they will go into winter quarters. From this man's account their line of entrenchments haves rather a formidable profile.
JNumbers G. PARKE,
Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
November 12, 1864.Major-General HUMPHREYS,
Chief of Staff:
Nothing unusual transpired along our lines during the past twenty-four hours. Movements of bodies of the enemy were observed from signal station yesterday.
JNumbers G. PARKE,
Major-General.
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