The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 99
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
five days' rations and packing chest filled. The commanding officer
will report at once in person to Bvt. Brig. Gen. A. S. Hartwell for
instructions at No. 8 Meeting street.
By command of Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch:
LEONARD B. PERRY,
First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
NEW YORK, April 4, 1865.
(Received 12.15 p. m.)
Hon.. EDwIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
SIR: Sergeant Peter Hart's invitation has not arrived. He raised
the flag on Fort Sumter when it was shot down. Please send invita-
tion to my address, No. 32 West Ninth street, New York, with order
for passage. I will thank you also to send me two or three invitations,
with orders of passage to be filled up by myself if the places of those
declining are not already filled. Thanks for your glorious, consider-
ate, and Christian speech made yesterday.
ROBT. ANDERSON,
Major-General, U. S. Army.
NEW YORK, April 4, 1865.
(Received 4.30 p. m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
SIR: I forgot to state that I think we ought to send complimentary
invitations to Assistant Secretary Fox, and to Gillis, Rowan, and the
other officers who commanded the vessels sent to my relief in April,
1861.
R. ANDERSON,
Major- General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
No. 69. City Point, Va., April 5, 1865.
I. Maj. George K. Leet, assistant adjutant-general, will proceed at
once to the headquarters of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, via New Berne,
N. C., with dispatches from the lieutenant-general. Quartermaster's
department will furnish the necessary transportation. Commanding
officers will furnish every facility, escort, &c., to enable Major Leet to
execute this order with promptness. Upon executing this order Major
Leet will report to these headquarters at Richmond, Va., or wherever
they may be.
By command of Lieutenant.General Grant:
T. S. BOWERS,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
WILSON'S STATION, April 5, 1865.
Major-General SHERMAN:
(Care Col. T. S. Bowers, City Point, Va.)
All indications now are that Lee will attempt to reach Danville with
the remnant of his force. Sheridan, who was up with him last night,CHAP. LIX.1
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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 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/99/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.