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[1] ALS, RPB. Dix had forwarded at 3 P.M. on July 3 a dispatch from Colonel Rush C. Hawkins at Roanoke Island, July 2, 6 P.M., in which Hawkins asked further orders for Burnside's command (DLC-RTL). Stanton's reply to Hawkins directed that ``General Burnside in person, with all the infantry force he can spare, move by way of Hampton Roads and the James River to General McClellan's headquarters to re-enforce him immediately.'' (OR, I, XI, III, 290). Dix replied to Lincoln at 8:10 P.M., ``Soon after sending you Colonel Hawkins' dispatch I received from General McClellan an order to General Burnside to bring on all the troops he could spare. I sent it off immediately with a letter from myself describing to General Burnside the position of General McClellan's army. The steamer having gone, I cannot send your dispatch to Colonel Hawkins until morning. I will do so then, if you desire it.'' (Ibid.).