OR, Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1290

Headquarters First Army Corps
March 7, 1865
 
Maj. Gen. G. E. Pickett
 
   You will proceed at once with three of your brigades to Lynchburg via the {Richmond &} Danville railroad. Send an officer at once to arrange about transportation on the railroad.
O. Latrobe
Assistant Adjutant-General
 
Headquarters First Army Corps
March 7, 1865
 
Maj. Gen. G. E. Pickett
 
   You will take your whole division instead of only three brigades as previously ordered.
O. Latrobe
Assistant Adjutant-General
 
Headquarters First Army Corps
March 7, 1865
 
Lieutenant-General Longstreet
General Lee's Headquarters
Richmond
 
   General Pickett telegraphs that he has orders from General Lee to await directions whether to move by Petersburg {on the South Side RR} or Richmond. Major Taylor has gone to make arrangements for transportation on Danville road. General Pickett is awaiting further orders.
O. Latrobe
Assistant Adjutant-General

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