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of May 9th and 26th, with other papers on the same subject, parts of which had been previously published in the newspapers. In these letters and papers General Sherman has made statements and reflections on my official conduct, which are incorrect and entirely unjustified by the facts of the case. 1st. He charges that I encroached upon his military command, by directing a portion of my troops to march upon Greensboro in North Carolina. By direction of the President, I was, on the 19th of April last, assigned to the command of the Military Division of the James, which included such parts of North Carolina as were not occupied by the command of Major-General Sherman. At the time my troops were ordered to Greensboro, General Sherman's troops did not occupy that part of North Carolina; it was occupied by the enemy, and consequently within my command, as defined by General Orders, No. 71, of the War Department. But whether or not Greensboro, or any part of North Carolina, was