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Page 612 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. Chapter LIX.

RALEIGH, June 1, 1865.

Bvt. Major General J. KILPATRICK,

Lexington:

You are authorized to loan unserviceable horses in your command to citizen.

By order of Major Schofield:

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

RALEIGH, June 1, 1865.

Brigadier General J. R. HAWLEY,

Wilmington:

You can issue rations to refugees when absolutely necessary to save from suffering, but it is desirable to send them to their homes as fast as possible.

By order of Major-General Schofield:

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Hilton Head, S. C., June 1, 1865.

Brigadier General L. THOMAS,

Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:

GENERAL: I have the honor to state that ex- U. S. Senator David L. Yulee, of Florida, is under arrest at Jacksonville by my orders. Please instruct me as to what disposition you wish made of him; whether he shall be sent to Washington, retianed in arrest here, or released.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Q. A. GILLMORE,

Major-General, Commanding.

WASHINGTON, June 2, 1865.

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

I would respectfully recommend that an order be issued discontinuing the Army of Georgia and transferring all the veteran troops belonging to it that are not to be dicharged under existing orders to the Army of the Tennessee.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

June 2, 1865.

Major General W. T. SHERMAN, U. S. Army,

Saint Louis, Mo.:

By General Orders, Numbers 118, the Presidnet assigns you to command Military Division of the Mississippi, embracing the Department of the Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas, headquarters Saint Louis. The order will be sent in a day or two. Acknowledge receipt.

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


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