May 4, 1863. (Hour not stated.)
MAJOR-GEN. SEDGWICK,
Banks's Ford, Va.
It is of vital importance that you should take a commanding position
near Fredericksburg, which you can hold to a certainty till to-morrow.
Please advise me what you can do in this respect. I enclose substance
of a communication sent last night. Its suggestions are highly
important, and meet my full approval. There are positions on your side
commanded by our batteries on the other side I think you could take and
hold. The general would recommend as one such position the ground on
which Dr. Taylor's is situated.
GEN. HOOKER (?)
May 4, 1863, 2.15 P.M.
GEN. HOOKER.
I shall do my utmost to hold a position on the right bank of the
Rappahannock until to-morrow.
JOHN SEDGWICK, Major-General.
BANKS'S FORD, VA.,
May 4, 1863, 11.50 P.M. (Received 1 A.M., May 5.)
GEN. HOOKER,
United-States Ford.
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