Headquarters 6th Army Corps,
Welford's Ford, Virginia,
December 16, 1863.
My dear Townsend:
There is a change proposed in the organization of this army,
reducing the number of corps to three. Whether I am to be retained as one of
the commanders, I do not know or care a straw, but I write this to ask you,
when the matter is brought up in Washington, to retain the number of this
corps, viz., the 6th.
It is entirely harmonious, and there is a great deal of esprit
de corps in it. I do not believe there is a regiment in it that would leave
willingly. Another reason is, since its organization there has never been a
regiment added or detached; this is not the case with the other corps.
I am afraid the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will be retained, when I
should like to see the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th.
I am sure you will assist me in this matter, if in your
power. At all events, I rely upon you in letting me know when the subject comes
up.
Yours very truly,
John Sedgwick.
Colonel E. D. Townsend,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SOURCE: George William Curtis, Correspondence of
John Sedgwick, Major-General, Volume 2, p. 168
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