GILLMORE'S HEADQUARTERS, June 13, 1864. Captain NORTON, Chief Signal Officer: At 4.30 this p. m. I discovered a rebel steamer coming down the James. She came to a point between Cox's and Dutch Gap, and from there fired two shots at our gun-boats. Have given full description of her to the admiral. Major-General BUTLER: DANA, BERMUDA, June 13, 1864. I report at Bermuda with my command by order of Brigadier-General Briggs. In my command there is one company for various regiments in the Eighteenth Corps, one company of colored troops, and sixty-eight men for the One hundred and twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteers. The remainder, about 1,000 men, are for the Army of the Poto mac. RICHD. S. THOMPSON, Major Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers. [Indorsement.] I ordered them to Point of Rocks to report to Turner. J. W. S[HAFFERJ. HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, General GILLMORE: J. W. SHAFFER, Colonel and Chief of Staff. Colonel SHAFFER, Chief of Staff: JUNE 13, 1864-7.50 p. m. Dispatch received. Has the commanding general any changes in our usual disposition of forces that he wants ordered? Q. A. GILLMORE, Major-General. JUNE 13, 1864-8.30 p. m. (Received 8.50 p. m.) General GILLMORE: The commanding general says that he thinks your present disposition of force is as well as could be made, but would suggest that you arrange the new troops to make them as effective as possible. J. W. SHAFFER, Colonel and Chief of Staff. General GILLMORE: GENERAL BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS, We have just received word that the enemy's gun-boats have made their appearance on James River. Grant's left has reached the river at Wilcox's Wharf. Lee has undoubtedly anticipated Grant's move. The gun-boats coming down looks like a combined attack. General Butler thinks that we may be attacked to-night or in the morning. Make the best disposition of forces you can. J. W. SHAFFER, Colonel and Chief of Staff. HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS, Colonel SHAFFER, Is it known to you whether the admiral has sunk the obstructions yet? I heard of one small gun-boat of the enemy at Dutch Gap this p. m., about 5 o'clock. She fired two shots at our lookout. She was a kind of tug-boat, and I attached no special importance to her movements, Have you heard of any other gun-boats? Q. A. GILLMORE, COLONEL: If an attack is expected I think that it would be unwise to send off 600 men from my command for fatigue at 3.30 o'clock to-morrow morning, that being just the time when an attack is most likely to take place. Will there be any change of orders in regard to it? Very respectfully, &c., General GILLMORE: ALF. H. TERRY, Q. A. GILLMORE, GENERAL BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS, June 13, 1864. You can countermand order for fatigue party; they will not be wanted. J. W. SHAFFER, Colonel, &c. [Indorsement.] Brigadier-General TERRY: The above relates to the detail of 600 men. mand the detail, and send back the above. By order of Major-General Gillmore: ORDERS.] You will please counter ED. W. SMITH, Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS, In case of an attack the entire command will be gotten promptly under arms; the men will stand to their guns, and the infantry parapets will be manned and the garrisons of the three advanced redoubts will be promptly collected within their works. These redoubts are to be held at all hazards. The pickets if forced back will retire slowly, fighting as skirmishers, as already ordered. Division commanders will hold their reserves in hand to re-enforce on their own front or elsewhere as occasion may require. This order will be promulgated to-night. Q. A. GILLMORE, Major-General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, In the Field, near Hatcher's, Va., June 13, 1864. HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS, The One hundred and forty-second Ohio Volunteers, having reported for duty, are assigned to the command of Brigadier-General Terry. * By command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore: * ED. W. SMITH, Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General. SPECIAL ORDERS,} In the Field, Near Hatcher's, Va., June 13, 1864. HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS, No. 48. * * * * * II. Company E, Third New York Light Artillery, now in the division of Brigadier-General Terry, is assigned to the command of Col. H. L. Abbot. By command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore: ISRAEL R. SEALY, Captain, Forty-seventh New York Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS, SPECIAL ORDERS, In the Field, near Hatcher's, Va., June 13, 1864. No. 48. Asst. Surg. J. H. Janeway, U. S. Army, is assigned to duty as medical inspector of the Tenth Army Corps. By command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore: ISRAEL R. SEALY, Captain, Forty-seventh New York Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. ORDERS.] HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, TENTH ARMY CORPS, In the Field, near Curtis', Va., June 13, 1864. Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry re-assumes command of this division. The Army of the Potomac is on the way to join us, and the enemy have it in their power to throw their whole force upon this point. The rebel gun-boats have appeared in the river, and it becomes necessary to use the utmost precaution against an attack. The whole command will at once be put under arms, every battery hitched up, and the earth-works manned at once. The information in regard to the Army of the Potomac is confidential. By order of Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry: ADRIAN TERRY, Assistant Adjutant-General Col. F. B. POND, Commanding Brigade: HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, COLONEL: Information having been received at these headquarters that renders an attack quite probable to-night or in the morning, the general commanding directs that you have your line fully manned at 3.30 to-morrow morning, keeping the Sixty-second Ohio in reserve, to remain in that position until further orders are received. Very respectfully, &c., P. A. DAVIS, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, Maj. Gen. W. F. SMITH, Commanding Eighteenth Corps: GENERAL: Send forward your troops to Bermuda Hundred as fast as they embark without waiting for divisions, the object being to get them to Bermuda Hundred at the earliest possible moment. By command of Lieutenant-General Grant: JNO. A. RAWLINS, Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff. General AMES, HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Commanding Third Division: GENERAL: General Smith desires me to ask that you stay at the White House, until the entire corps has been shipped or until you have made arrangements as will satisfy you of its being shipped as soon as possible. I am general, very respectfully, 2 R R VOL XL, PT II WM. RUSSELL, JR., Assistant Adjutant-General. General BUTLER: SPRING HILL, June 13, 1864-12.15 p. m. The sharpshooters firing on our station on the river-bank are across the river from here on the left bank and inside the rebel picket-line. Their range is so distant that we cannot see the smoke or hear the report and they do no damage at all. My firing party cannot find where to fire. They seem to have desisted now, finding the range so long. AMES, Colonel. General HINKS: JUNE 13, 1864-5.45 p. m. I have just sent out Captain Dollard's force. He reports a skirmish line of rebel cavalry between Cope's house and your picket-line. Signalman reports much dust toward Petersburg, as if a regiment of cavalry had passed out of the city. No reserve to the line was seen, simply about forty skirmish cavalry. General HINKS: AMES, Colonel JUNE 13, 1864-10 p. m. There is danger of an attack on Spring Hill or City Point to-night. Be prepared to re-enforce Spring Hill if necessary. The enemy are strong in our front, but if it should be necessary we will send re-enforce ments. SHAFFER, Colonel. SPECIAL ORDERS, S HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, I. The First Maryland Cavalry and the One hundred and fortyeighth Regiment Ohio Infantry having been assigned to duty on this line, will constitute a brigade, under the command of Col. Andrew W. Evans, First Maryland Cavalry. The commanding officer of the One hundred and forty-eighth Ohio Infantry will report for instructions to Colonel Evans. II. Maj. Theodore H. Schenck, Third New York Artillery, in addition to his present duty as chief of artillery, will also assume that of inspector for this division. By command of Brig. Gen. A. V. Kautz: M. J. ASCH, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. BERMUDA HUNDRED, VA., June 14, 1864-1.30 p. m. (Received 2 a. m. 15th.) Our forces will commence crossing the James to-day. The enemy show no signs yet of having brought troops to the south side of Rich |