O.R.--SERIES I--VOLUME XLVI/2 [S# 96]
UNION CORRESPONDENCE,
ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA (JANUARY 1-31), WEST VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, AND
PENNSYLVANIA, FROM JANUARY 1, 1865, TO MARCH 15, 1865.--#37
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES,
March 9, 1865. (Received 2.40 p.m.)
General RAWLINS:
Refugee from Richmond, lately released from Castle Thunder and
deserted from Camp Lee, left Richmond last night. Says that Sunday,
Monday, or Tuesday detachments of troops were moving through the city.
Report was that Sheridan's cavalry had cut the aqueduct at Dover Mills
and destroyed twelve or fifteen loaded boats. Some of the troops, among
them Wickham's dismounted cavalry, went toward Dover Mills; some went
toward Hanover Junction. Detachments of troops are being picked up and
sent to various points. Heard one party of Sheridan's cavalry was going
to Louisa Court-House. There was also a report three days ago in
Richmond that Generals Sherman and Schofield had formed a junction.
These reports were principally street rumors, except the movement of
cavalry westward.
E. O. C. ORD,
Major-general.
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