The letter was dated Amelia Court House, April 5th, and signed by Colonel Taylor.

It was to his mother, and showed the demoralization of the Confederate army.

Sheridan's note also gave me the information as here related of the movements of that day.

I received a second message from Sheridan on the 5th, in which he urged more emphatically the importance of my presence.

This was brought to me by a scout in gray uniform.