Captain R. W. Clarke, assistant quartermaster, in charge of forage, and Lieutenant Hibbard, acting assistant quartermaster, in charge of railroad transportation.

April, I entered on duty in Goldsbourgh in charge of the depot. Regulating the railroad, the distribution of supplies and other matters. By your direction I had a lot of machinery with engine and boiler, &c., complete for sash, door, and window-blind manufacturing taken down and sent to Morehead City. Captain H. B. Whetsel, assistant quartermaster, performed this duty, and that being completed I put him in charge of forage. Captain Justin Hodge, assistant quartermaster, was, by order of General Easton, placed in charge of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and quartermaster's stores. The immense amount of business devolving on this office precluded that method and order so necessary to correctness in accounts. But the short period of stay rendered it impracticable to make any change. Lieutenant John McWilliams, regimental quartermaster One hundred and twenty-ninth Illinois, having been detailed and reported for duty, I placed him in charge of the unserviceable and abandoned property. April 10, the army again took the field, headquarters Military Division moving with the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps. Skirmishing on the advance all day. Made eleven miles and camped in Raccoon and Moccasin Swamps. April 11, marched eleven miles to Smithfield. Found the bridge over the Neuse still burning and the enemy in sight on the opposite bank. Smithfield was a town of local importance and boasting a court-house, jail, and stocks and whipping post. Negroes reported that Union soldiers had been whipped at the latter. It was therefore burned. By night a pontoon bridge was completed across the Neuse River. March [April] 12, early this morning news was received of Lee's surrender. About noon we crossed the Neuse and marched to Gully Station. After supper a deputation arrived from Raleigh to confer with General Thomas about the surrender of the city and other matters. March [April] 13, moved fourteen miles into Raleigh. Headquarters were established in Governor Vance's palace. In Raleigh I found large quantiites of corn and fodder. The passenger depot was burned by Wheeler's cavarly, but the machine-shops, round-house, &c., saved. By directionof General Sherman I took charge of the railroad. I found three locomotives, come eighty or ninety box and platform cars, quantities of railroad iron, and valuable bridge timber. The superintendent and formean offering their services, I directed them to assemble all the employes of the railroad they could find, and set them to work, They gladly came forward, adn by the afternoon of the 14th I had sent a train to the Neuse River (where Colonel Wright was making a bridge) lodaded with bridge timbers and iron rail. Another locomotive was sent forward communicating with General Kilpatrick in the advance, and brining back cars and stores captured from the retreating foe. April 15, I accompanied Major McCoy to communicate with General Johnston. A letter had beens ent through Kilpatrick's headquarters the day before by General Sherman, but from somemistake it had not been delivered. This caused some delay. After night as we were running from PAGE's Statiion to Durkham a torpedo exploded under the tender, but did little damage. Fearing more, we returned to PAGE's Station, and leaving the major there I returned to Raleigh. April 16, I ran up the railroad to Durham Station, stopping for Major McCoy on the way. A message was received asking an interview between Johnston and Sherman. This was granted and arranged to take place the next day. April 17, I accompanied General Sherman and staff to the first conference with