ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,

Near Brooklyn, Va., April 26, 1865.

The Third Brigade, Second Division, will move at 5 o'clock to-morrow morning to Danville, reaching that place at as early an hour as practicable, taking possession of the city and establishing the guard necessary for the preservation of order and protection of property of all descriptions. On the arrival of the brigade to town will be thoroughly searched, and all officers and soldiers of our army found therein will be arrested and held subject to further orders from these headquarters. All Confederate officers and soldiers will also be arrested and held until their case can be decided upon Guards will be established at all the crossings to prevent any persons belonging to the corps from entering the town in advance of the main column. The portion of the command not needed for these purposes will be camped south of an outside the limits of the town. Lieutenant Colonel W. S. Franklin, assistant inspector-general, will accompany this command to receive the surrender of the city and to exercise a general supervision under the instructions given him at these headquarters.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS,

April 26, 1865.

The corps will move at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning in the direction of Danville in the following order: First, Second Division, with one battery; second, Third Division; third, Artillery Brigade; fourth, First Division, with one battery; fifth, ambulances and trains.

Headquarters' trains will follow the divisions to which they belong. Corps headquarters' train will precede that of the Second Division. The commanding officer Artillery brigade will designate the batteries to accompany the First and Second Division. The commanding officer of the First Division will furnish a sufficient guard to protect the trains. The troops will as far as practicable give the road to the artillery and trains, the troops taking the right-hand side of the road.

All animals must be watered, and the men must be notified to fill their canteens before starting, as very little water will be found on the march to-morrow.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
CAVALRY HEADQUARTERS, Numbers 1.
Meherrin River, April 26, 1865.

During the absence of Lieutenant Colonel John Kellogg, commissary of subsistence of volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel McKelvy, commissary of subsistence of volunteers, is announced as chief commissary of subsistence of this command, and will be respected accordingly.

By command of Major-General Sheridan:

F. C. NEWHALL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.