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headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi will move in advance of the supply train of the First Division. The Fourth Division, Bvt. Major General G. A. Smith commanding, will follow the First Division.

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By command of Major General F. P. Blair:

C. CADLE, Jr.,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH CORPS,

Neuse River, N. C., April 30, 1865.

This command will continue the march to-morrow in the following order, viz: Second Division, First Division, Third Division, the artillery and pontoon train having the positions in the column as heretofore directed. The corps supply train will hereafter, without orders to the contrary, march immediately in rear of the trains of the leading division, and for the purpose of the march will be considred as being a portion of the train of that division. General Geary will start his column to-morrow at 5 a. m. Hereafter care will be taken by all commanding officers to preserve, as far as possible, the growing crops and the fences. There will be no unnecessary destruction of either. This change in the order of march is occasioned by the breaking of the bridge over the Neuse River, leaving the Third Division on the opposite side.

By command of Major General Joseph A. Mower:

H. W. PERKINS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL
HEADQUARTERES SECOND DIVISION, FIELD ORDERS
TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS, No. 30.
Falls of Neuse, N. C., April 30, 1865.

Reveille to-morrow 5 a. m. The division will be readiness to move at 7 a. m. Order of brigades: Second, Third, First. Division officer of the day, Lieutenant Colonel L. D. Warner, One hundred and fifty-fourth Neew York Volunteers.

By command of Bvt. Major General John W. Geary:

W. T. FORBES,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ORDERS.] HDQRS. THIRD DIVISION, 20TH ARMY CORPS,

Neuse River, N. C., April 30, 1865.

This division will resume the march to-morrow at 7 a. m. in the following order: First Brigade, Second Brigade, Third Brigade. The trains will occupy the same position in the column as in the march of to-day.

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By command of Bvt. Major General W. T. Ward:

ROBT. E. BEECHER,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

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