Lieutenant-Colonel Ely S. Parker to Major-General Andrew A. Humphreys, April 3, 1865

HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,

Sutherland's Station, April 3, 1865.

Major-General HUMPHREYS,

Commanding Second Corps:

You will hereafter report to Major-General Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac, for orders. On the morrow, however, you will follow the route of march designated for you by General Sheridan.

By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

 E. S. PARKER,

 Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

SOURCE: Arthur Caswell Parker, The Life of General Ely S. Parker, p. 124; The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 513