The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 42, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 92
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OPERATIONS IN SEI;. VA. \NSI N. ('.
(CHAP. LIV.
('ITY POINT, A uguast ,-. ,,,if.
Major-General BURNSIDE:
General Grant )assed Fort \ loro(e at 12 t)-(dayLV. Expect hin now
every nlmoment.
E. S. IPAIEU I,
A sis t(a tt A lAdjutan 1 t- General.
IIEAI)QUTARTEIS FIRST )DIVISION, NINTi Ai3IY (ORnPS,
Before Petersbu'h'r( - Y,.. 1 ust .. I1il-- a. n)t.
Lieut. Col. LEwis RI.ICIIHMOND,
Assistant, t Adjtutant-Geneial, i -nth A ttImy corpss :
COLONEL: I have the ioinor to report that everythig has been quiet
along iny front during the past twelve holti'. 'i'e was onsid(era le
tiring on the extreme left during the night. 'e covered way leading
to tile picket-line, which was constructed on( the ;iglht of the Gth instant.,
is unserviceable, as it is flooded with water.
I remain, colonel, very resp)ectfully, your ole(,dieint servant,
J. WHITE,
lriladier-Gencral, o 1nniding .Dirision.
GENERAL ORDERS, ) II)DQlIS. FI IST ' 1)Iv., N INTI ARM O('P(:)liS,
No. 40. A u1gust ,, 1 ',.1.
I. After dark this evellillg Lieutenlant-C(,l( icl Ia rn es, c(m1)lllanllding
First Brigade, will relieve tlhe Twenty-first a:nd Tve\\nty-ninth Massachi-
setts from the front line and put in the Fitty-sixtih, Iit't-seveithi, aldi
Fifty-ntinth Massachusetts Volnllteers. Lieutenant-Colonel Robinson,
comnlmanding Secon(d Brig ade, wil relieve tihe Iotrr(eelth New York
Artillery and put in the Tlird (IMaryland and1 ()e hundred acid seventy-
Iinth New York Volunteers. The troops of th'e lFirst irigade will holdl
the left portion of the line, and those o)t' thle Sec('ol i rigade the right
portion.
II. Hereafter, until further orders, the relieving ol1' tr)olps in thie front
line will always be arramiged lby l)rigadte ( ii:lnal(des keep)inl 450 men
from each brigade c(nstantlly in thle front line, those .olIt the First
Brigade onm the left, and those tioin the Secondi riga(le on the right,
and relieving every two (lays. The Tlhirty-fin i \lMassac: usetts Y\olnI-
teers will not be exempt, until fthrther orders fi' these headquarters,
flom their share of duty ill the trenchles.
By co)nmmand of Brigadier-Generall Wlite:
C. J. MILLS,
(Capta in ad AsNitt'i.((tant A(ljluta(lt-(Ieneral.
HEADQUARTERS SECON ) DIV I(SON, NIy'NrI ARMY CoIPS,
rlebrc 'eterstbun, ra., Auag.st , 1 Y;i..
Lieut. Col. LEWIS RICHMOND,
Assistant Adjutan(t-Gen eral, Kinth r;i,' Corp)s:
COLONEL: I have the honor to report that ('everything hlas been quiet
on my front during the past twelve hours. I have ordered additional
traverses erected in the railroad cut fi)r the protection of the troops
moving to and from the front line, anid this work is ill progress.
.I ami, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
1ROBL rlT B. PO)l()TTiER,
I;rigadicr-en(earal, Commanuding.
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