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: 29
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
August 3, 1864. (Received 7.15 p. m.)
General HUMPHREYS :
Following just received:
SIGNAL STATION FIFTH CORPS--6.30 p. m.
A battery of four guns and five squadrons of cavalry have just passed to our right
in rear of Petersburg.
CLARK,
Signal Officer.
LOCKE,
Colonel and Assistant Adjutant- General.
[Indorsernent.]
Inquire why the signal officers with corps do not report through the
chief signal officer at these headquarters.
GEO. G. MEADE.
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, SIGNAL DEPARTMENT,
August 3, 1864.
Major-General HUMPIHREYS,
Chief of Staff:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report no movement of the enemy's
force visible to-day from our stations. They were busily working upon
the earth-work about three-quarters of a mile south of the lead-works,
which seems to be a large one. One train of cars passed into the
city on the Weldon railroad. Several wagons passed on the road
near Weldon railroad during the day. They have been bringing con-
siderable timber to the work near the Gregory Chimneys.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
B. F. FISHER,
Captain and Chief Signal Oficer.
Major FISHER:
The signal officer of the Fifth Corps reported that several squadrons
of cavalry passed toward Petersburg at 6.30 p. m. How is this dis-
crepancy accounted for ?
A. A. HUMPHREYS,
Major-General and Chief of Staff.
GENERAL: I received no reports from the officers at corps head-
quarters and know nothing of the reported movement of cavalry. My
lookouts at the plank road station and on the extreme right reported
no movement visible to-day.
B. F. FISHER,
Chief, &c.
GENERAL ORDERS, ( HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
No. 31. August 3, 1864.
To-morrow, the 4th instant, having been set apart by the President
of the United States as a day of national fasting, humiliation and prayer,
the major-general commanding calls upon his fellow soldiers to observe
the day with the solemnities due to the occasion, and he recommends29
CHAP. 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/m1/37/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.