Letter from Benjamin F. Butler to U.S. Grant, TextOn June 17, 1864, Major General Benjamin F. Butler wrote to Lieutenant General U.S. Grant agreeing to rescind his order to relieve Major General Quincy A. Gillmore of his command of the Tenth Army Corps.
Letter from Henry W. Halleck to Quincy A. Gillmore, TextOn April 4, 1864, Major General Henry W. Halleck, wrote to Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, directing him to move the Tenth Army Corps from the Department of the South and join Major General Benjamin F. Butler at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Letter from Henry W. Halleck to Quincy A. Gillmore, TextOn January 30, 1865 Major General Henry W. Halleck ordered Major General Quincy A. Gillmore to relieve Major General John G. Foster as commander of the Department of the South.
Letter from U.S. Grant to Benjamin F. Butler, TextOn June 17, 1864, Lieutenant General U.S. Grant wrote to Major General Benjamin Butler asking him to withdraw his special order relieving Major General Quincy A. Gillmore of his command of the Tenth Army Corps under conditions that Grant would relieve Gillmore "at his own request."