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Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman |
| HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI |
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IN THE FIELD, LAUREL HILL, Wednesday, March 8, 1865. |
| Commanding Officer, Wilmington, North Carolina: |
| We are
marching for Fayetteville, will be there Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and
will then march for Goldsboro'.
If possible, send a boat up Cape Fear River, and have word conveyed to General Schofield that I expect to meet him about Goldsboro'. We are all well and have done finely. The rains make our roads difficult, and may delay us about Fayetteville, in which case I would like to have some bread, sugar, and coffee. We have abundance of all else. I expect to reach Goldsboro' by the 20th instant. |
| W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General. |
