Hdqrs 16 Apl ‘64 Genl Your letter of the 15th inst is recd: I wish the Art. of the 2nd Corps advanced to the front, as soon as the condition of things will permit. You must give directions for the corn as now supplied you at your present camp to be forward(ed) to your new position. One more battn of Art. should be more accessible to General Ewell’s line, than it will be at Liberty mills, and if grazing ground can be found, had better be placed nearer to him. Very respty your Obt Serv R E Lee Genl Genl. A. L. Long Command Art.