HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA,
December 1, 1864.

Brigadier General I. H. DUVAL,

Commanding Second Infantry Division:

GENERAL: You will please move your division and occupy the ground vacated by the First Division of the Sixth Corps now on the march.

By command of Major-General Crook:

WM. McKINLEY, JR.,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

PURCELLVILLE, December 1, 1864.

[Brigadier General W. MERRITT:]

GENERAL: I have the honor to report that in pursuance of instructions we followed the prescribed route, destroying thoroughly the country as far north as the Potomac. We joined General Devin last night (after a march of thirty-two miles) at 8 o'clock, at Lovettsville, bringing with us about 900 head of cattle and 150 horses. The job is done well, but the latter part of the order directing ut to Philomont is modified by General Devin, who will go on the Leesburg pike to join you this a. m. We have about 1,500 cattle and very slow driving, as they are very tired.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

EDW. MYERS,

Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION,
December 1, 1864.

Major WILLIAM RUSSELL, Jr.,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Cavalry:

MAJOR: The reconnaissance sent out yesterday under Major T. Gibson, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, has returned, having thoroughly scouted the country between Milwood and Summit Point to near Charlestown. No enemy was seen. Mosby was reported to have been at Berryville on the 29th. Baylor, who commanded the party of rebels which fought the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry at Charlestown, was killed, with one men. His party dispersed after the fight. There was a rumor in that section that there had been a severe fight before Richmond. The result was not known.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WM. B. TIBBITS,

Brevet Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Cumberland, Md., December 1, 1864.

Colonel JOHN E. WYNKOOP,

Commanding Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry:

COLONEL: I forwarded you last night an order for your movement. It is now thought best that you wait until at least to-morrow morning, December 2, 1864, to see what be developed during this day. It