JOHN SEDGWICK, Major-General.
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,