HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF
THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, April 15,
1865 — 7 p.m.
Major-General SHERIDAN:
General Sherman is in motion after Johnston's army. It may
be that instead of surrendering, Johnston may follow his usual tactics of
falling back whenever too hard pressed. If so, Sherman has not got cavalry
enough to head off and capture his army. I want you to get your cavalry in
readiness to push south and make up this deficiency if it becomes necessary.
Sherman expected to occupy Raleigh on the 13th, but does not say which way the
enemy is moving. I hope to hear further from him almost any hour, and will
inform you when I do.
U.S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
SOURCE: 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. 760
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