1316 Series I Volume XLII-III Serial 89 - Richmond-Fort Fisher Part III
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SUGAR LOAF, December 26, 1864 - 10 a. m.
General HOLMES:
General Bragg desires small guard at line near Wilmington, with a surgeon, to arrest and examine pretended sick men straggling to rear. Send back all fit for duty.
ARCHER ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SUGAR LOAF, December 26, 1864 - 10.30 a. m.
Lieutenant-General HOLMES,
Wilmington, N. C.:
Everything quiet. No reason for any excitement.
ARCHER ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SUGAR LOAF, December 26, 1864 - 11.30 a. m.
Lieutenant-General HOLMES,
Wilmington, N. C.:
Garrison Fort Gatlin abandoned it without cause. We have reoccupied it. Place every man of it reaching Wilmington in close confinement.
ARCHER ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
DECEMBER 26, 1864 - 11.30 a. m.
General HOLMES:
Please give any information as to progress by rail of Hoke's troops.
ARCHER ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SUGAR LOAF, December 26, 1864 - 12 m.
Lieutenant-General HOLMES,
Wilmington, N. C.:
Send all troops to Gander Hall by boat.
ARCHER ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SUGAR LOAF, December 26, 1864 - 3.20 p. m.
Lieutenant-General HOLMES,
Wilmington, N. C.:
We have opened communication with Fort Fisher by road on left bank. No enemy between us. Everything in good condition and no cause for alarm or excitement.
BRAXTON BRAGG.
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