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H'DQ'RS, i^h August, 1864 9: /j A. M.

General C. W. FIELD, Chain's Bluff:

What is the character of the force advancing against your left ? Concentrate the cavalry in that quarter and dispose your infantry to resist it.

R. E. LEE, General.

H'DQ'RS ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA,

iqth August, 1864. Major- General WADE HAMPTON,

Charlottesville, Va. :

Halt your command; return towards Richmond. Gregg's division is crossing at Deep Bottom. Send back an officer to ascertain posi- tion.

R. E. LEE.

H'DQ'RS, i4th August. Major A. L. LAND, Dunlop's:

Your telegram received. The two regiments will number about two hundred each. Communicate with General Wilcox when they can be transported. After these troops have been taken away, trains for two brigades (say twenty-five hundred men) are to be kept at Landy's.

W. H. TAYLOR.

H'DQ'RS, iqth August, 1864.

General WADE HAMPTON, Beaver Dam, Va. :

Halt your command and return towards Richmond. Gregg's division is crossing at Deep Bottom. Send back an officer to ascer- tain position.

R. E. LEE, General.

H'DQ'RS, i4th August, 1864.

General C. W. FIELD, Chaffin* s Bluff:

Have sent to halt Hampton and ordered cavalry from this