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Page 316 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. Chapter LIX.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 22.
Near Raleigh, N. C., April 26, 1865.

I. Subject to the approval of the major-general commanding the army corps, the following assignment of regiments transferred from the old Third Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, to this division by General Orders, Numbers 28, current series, headquarters Fifteenth Army Corps, is hereby made: Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Buswell commanding, and Fourth Regiment Minnesota Infantry, Captain L. R. Wellman commanding, to the First Brigade, Bvt. Brigadier General William B. Woods commanding. Subject to the approval of the same authority, the Twenty-sixth Regiment Iowa Infantry, Major John Lubbers commanding, is hereby transferred from the First Brigade to the Third Brigade of this division, and will report accordingly with its transportation and camp and garrison equipage to-morrow morning, the 27th instant, to Colonel George A. Stone, commanding Third Brigade.

By order of Bvt. Major General C. R. Woods:

FRED. H. WILSON,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 106.
Jones', N. C., April 26, 1865.

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VIII. The command will move back to Raleigh to-morrow, and will occupy their old camp. The Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry will move at 6. 30 a. m. The First Division, Brigadier General M. F. Force commanding, will move at 7 a. m. The Fourth Division, Bvt. Major General G. A. Smith commanding will follow, the First Division. The Third Division, Bvt. Major General M. D. Leggett commanding, will follow the Fourth Division. The One hundred and thirty-fifth U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel John E. Gurley commanding, will follow the Third Division. The pontoon train, Lieutenant-Colonel Tweeddale commanding, will follow the train of the command. The First Regiment Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Colonel J. B. Yates commanding, will follow the pontoon train. The trains of the command, with a small guard, will move together next after the One hundred and thirty-fifth U. S. Colored Troops in the order of their respective divisions.

By command of Major General F. P. Blair:

C. CADLE, JR.,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 96.
In the Field, N. C., April 26, 1865.

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VI. This command will march bank to Raleigh, starting to-morrow morning, at 7 o'clock, and will occupy their old camps. The Second Brigade, Brigadier General R. K. Scott commanding, will have the advance. The First Brigade, Brigadier General Charles Ewing commanding, will follow the Second Brigade. The battery will follow the First Brigade. The


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