| Confederate States of America |
| Military Telegraph |
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Dated Richmond March 19th 1865 |
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Rec'd at Osborne Pike o'clock mins M. |
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To Lt Col O. Latrobe |
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A A G Genl Longstreet HdQr |
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Send orders Harris Brigade to be sent to Genl Mahone. |
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The Brigade will take the cars at six o'clock tomorrow
morning. |
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R. S. Ewell |
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Lt Genl |
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{Osborne Pike is on the east side of the James
River, across from Drewrys Bluff. If the troops were on the east side of
the river, they would have marched to Richmond, taken the Richmond &
Petersburg RR to Petersburg, then marched over the Appomattox River to
load on the South Side RR's cars.} |