mand of the Sub-District of the Peninsula, and in relation to all military matters will report to Brigadier General George H. Gordon, commanding District of Eastern Virginia. In all matters pertaining to negro affairs he will report direct to these headquarters. General Ludlow will establish his headquarters at Williamsburg.

By command of Major-General Ord:

ED. W. SMITH,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 51.
Richmond, Va., April 27, 1865.

The following-named officers and enlisted men will accompany the major-general commanding the corps to Washington to witness the presentation to the War Department of the colors surrendered by Lee's army: Colonel J. H. Potter, chief of staff; Lieutenant Colonel Edward Moale, assistant adjutant-general; Major A. Henry Embler, aide-de-camp; Captain William E. Potter, aide-de-camp; Second Lieutenant J. M. Curtis, Twelfth West Virginia Volunteers; Sergt. Robert J. Gardner, Company K, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers; Corpl. Charles A. Hunter, Company E, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers; Corpl. Freeman C. Thompson, Company F, One hundred and sixteenth Ohio Volunteers; Private Joseph Van Matre, Company G, One hundred and sixteenth Ohio Volunteers; Sergt. Thomas McGraw, Company B, Twenty-third Illinois Volunteers; Corpl. Patrick Highland, Company D, Twenty-third Illinois volunteers; Corpl. A. O. Apple, Company I, Twelfth west Virginia Volunteers; Private Joseph McCauslin, Company D, Twelfth West Virginia Volunteers; Private George H. Hill, Company B, Second New Hampshire Volunteers; Private Henry Steele, Company B, Eighth Connecticut Volunteers. They will report prepared for journey at these headquarters promptly at 7.30 a. m. to-morrow. Corpl Abner P. Allen, Company K, Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteers; Corpl. John Kane, Company K, One hundredth New York Volunteers; Sergt. Allen Tucker, Company K, Tenth Connecticut Volunteers; Color Sergt. George McKee, Eighty-ninth New York Volunteers, and Sergt. James Howard, Company K, One hundred and fifty-eighth New York Volunteers. These men will report prepared for the journey at Rocketts Landing promptly at 8.30 a. m. to-morrow.

By command of Major General John Gibbon:

EDWARD MOALE,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. MIDDLE DEPARTMENT, EIGHTH ARMY CORPS,
OFFICE PROVOST-MARSHAL,

Baltimore, April 27, 1865.

Captain GILCHRIST,

Provost-Marshal, Fort Monroe:

All restrictions on travel to Fort Monroe are removed by order of the War Department. No passes required.

JOHN WOOLLEY,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Provost-Marshal.