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: 36
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36 OPERATIONS IN SE. VA. AND N. C. [CHAP. LIV.
and Bratton's brigades, besides three regiments of Wise's command,
are in Foster's front. Wilcox's division is half at Chaffin's Bluff and
rest at Petersburg. He seems to be well posted as to position of enemy.
D). B. BIRNEY,
Major- Genera 1.
HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS.
August 3, 1i864.
Major-General BUTLER,
Commanding :
I knew of this Jew deserter in Maryland before he went South, and
his statements are all true so far as he states of his previous history.
Does not know of my personal knowledge of him.
D. B. BIRNEY,
Major- General.
HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS,
August 3, 1864-8.30 p. m.
Brig. Gen. A. H. TERRY,
Commanding First Division:
The following dispatch received from Spring Hill:
A column of troops, about 2,000, northwest of railroad junction, moving toward
General Butler's front.
SIMONS,
Lieutenant, Signal Officer.
By order of Major-General Birney.
ED. W. SMITH,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS,
In the Field, Hatcher's, Va., August 3, 1864.
Capt. F. M. FOLLETT,
Fourth U. S. Artillery :
CAPTAIN: I am instructed by the major-general commanding to direct
that you, as senior officer of artillery present for duty, assume com-
mand of the Artillery Brigade of this corps, and that you establish your
headquarters in this vicinity.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ED. W. SMITH,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
DEEP BOTTOM, August 3, 1864.
Colonel SHAFFER:
I have just sent to corps headquarters a very intelligent German by
name of E. Adler, who deserted from the Fourth Alabama Regiment
and came into my lines this morning. I think he can give you con-
siderable information. His information agrees with that of other
deserters regarding the force on my front. He says he saw dispatch
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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/m1/44/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.