GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, ARMY OF THE JAMES, Richmond, Numbers 36.
Va., April 13, 1865.

All captured property other than munitions of war and subsistence stores will be turned over promptly to the depot quartermaster at Richmond. All captured subsistence stores and munitions of war will be turned over to the appropriate staff officers. All private property taken from citizens in and about Richmond will be returned to the owners. The provost-marshal-general and his subordinates are charged with the execution of this order.

By command of Major-General Ord:

ED. W. SMITH,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, ARMY OF THE JAMES, Numbers 37.
Richmond, Va., April 13, 1865.

Provost-marshals will grant no passes to citizens from the North or officers to come to this city, except on orders from the President, the SEcretary of War, Lieutenant-General Grant, or the department commander. Officers and soldiers now in the city will return to their respective commands at once or be subject to arrest and confinement. The provost-marshal-general is charged with the execution of this order.

By command of Major-General Ord:

ED. W. SMITH,

Assistant Adjtuant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, ARMY OF THE Numbers 38.
JAMES, Richmond, Va., April 13, 1865.

The District of the Peninsula is hereby constituted to embrace the country between the James River and the York River and its northern branches, and Bvt. Brigadier General B. C. Ludlow, U. S. Volunteers, is assigned to the command.

General Ludlow will also assume the supervision of negro affairs within his district.

By command of Major-General Ord:

ED. W. SMITH,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SWIFT CREEK, April 13, 1865.

Colonel E. W. SMITH,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

My command is e here at Swift Creek. Have had a hard day's march.

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.