| Special Orders No. --- |
| Hdqrs. Army of Northern Virginia |
| April 4, 1865 |
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| The chief of artillery will
make arrangements at once to select a sufficient number of guns for
each corps to accompany the troops in the field. The remaining guns
will be sent by rail {on the Richmond &
Danville RR}, if practicable, from Amelia Court-House to Danville, or to some point south of it. The horses of the guns with the
troops will be re-enforced from these. The chief quartermaster will
make similar selections among the wagons and teams, designating such
as will be necessary to accompany the troops in the present reduced
condition of the army. The remaining wagons with the weaker teams,
and all teams not needed with the troops, will proceed on the road
from Tunstall's Station via Paineville and Farmville, or some other
route west of this, and cross Staunton River at Cole's Ferry, or
some ferry higher up, and thence on across Dan River west of
Danville into Western North Carolina. The weaker artillery, if it
cannot be shipped by rail, will proceed by the same route. A good
officer will be placed in charge of the artillery, who will have
authority to impress supplies as will be necessary and such fresh
animals for the wagons and guns as are needed, if they cannot be
otherwise obtained, leaving the broken-down animals in exchange. |
| By order of General Lee |
| C. S. Venable |
| Assistant Adjutant-General |
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