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: 12
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OPERATIONS IN SE. VA. AND N. C.
HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
August 1, 1864.
Brigadier-General TORBERT,
Commanding First Cavalry Division, City Point, Va. :
The general commanding directs that you stop shipping your artil-
lery, and that you embark your cavalry as rapidly as possible.
Very respectfully,
JAS. W. FORSYTH,
Lieutenant- Colonel and Chief of Staff.
HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
McCann's, near Norfolk Railroad, August 1, 1864.
Brig. Gen. J. H. WILSON,
Commanding Third Cavalry Division :
GENERAL : The general commanding directs that [you] move one of the
brigades of your division over to Lee's Mill early to-morrow morning and
relieve General Kautz's division, now picketing in that vicinity. Gen-
eral Kautz will hand over, for the guidance of the commanding officer
of the brigade detailed by you, his instructions on this subject.
Very respectfully, &c.,
JAS. W. FORSYTH,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff.
ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS,
August 1, 1864-5 a. m.
Brigadier-General Chapman, commanding Second Brigade, will move
with his command to Lee's Mill at once and relieve General Kautz's
division, now picketing in that vicinity. General McIntosh, command-
ing First Brigade, will relieve the regiment of the Second Brigade on
picket here with one of his regiments, and the former, upon being re-
lieved, will proceed to Lee's Mill to join its brigade.
By command of Brigadier-General Wilson:
L. SIEBERT,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
August 1, 1864.
Brig. Gen. G. WEITZEL,
Acting Chief of Staff:
GENERAL: The signal officer at the Water Battery reports at 7.25 a.
in. that a train of fifty-four wagons and ten ambulances has just crossed
Chaffin's farm, going west. The signal officer at Spring Hill reports
that at 4.45 a. m. a train passed the Junction toward Ritchmllold.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. B. NORTON,
Captain and Chief Signal Officer.[CHP, LIV.
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United States. War Department. 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., book, 1893; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145057/m1/20/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.