13 Series I Volume XLIII-II Serial 91 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign Part II
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CHARLESTOWN, W. VA., September 2, 1864-7.30 p. m.
Major-General HALLECK,
Chief of Staff:
Official dispatch from Avarell confirms my previous telegram and the capture of 20 or 25 wagons, 2 battle-flags and some prisoners. Early and his command commanded moving to-day. I have sent two divisions of cavalry to the Front Royal pike.
P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major-General.
CIRCULAR.] HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
Charlestown, W. Va., September 2, 1864-6.40 p. m.
Corps and other independent commanders will have their commands in readiness to march at 4 o'clock to-morrow morning. Further special instructions will be sent to them before that time.
By command of Major-General Sheridan:
F. C. NEWHALL,
Major and Aide-de-Camp.
ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
Charlestown, W. Va., September 2, 1864.
The command will march to-morrow morning, September 3, at 4 o'clock, in the following order and following designated roads and hours:
The Sixth Corps, Major-General Wright commanding, will march at 4 o'clock to Clinton and there and await further others.
The Army of West Virginia, Brevet Major-General Crook commanding, will march at 4 o'clock on the Berryville pike to Berryville, halt there and await further orders.
The Nineteenth Army Corps, Brevet Major-General Emory commanding, will at 5 o'clock, via the Beryville pike, to a point where the pike from Summit Point intersects it, and there halt and await further orders.
The trains of the respective corps will follow in rear of the corps and under the direction of corps commanders, who will also furnish the necessary guards.
The headquarters of the army will be with the Sixth Corps until it arrives at Clifton. The brigade of Colonel Lowell will be at Summit Point and cover the fords of the Opequon from Summit Point and Winchester crossing to the crossing of the Berryville pike.
By command of Major-General Sheridan:
JAS. W. FORSYTH,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff.
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE,
Near Fort Buffalo, Va., September 2, 1864.Lieutenant Colonel J. H. TAYLOR,
Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General:
COLONEL: I have the honor to inform you that there is nothing of importance to report from this vicinity. The parties sent out yesterday on an examination of the country in our front have returned, failing to
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