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Third, and Fourth Ohio, and Fourth Michigan Cavalry Regiments, and trust that I will invariably meet with the prompt and cordial support and co-operation of every officer and man in the command. The old First and Second Brigades have made a grand and noble record, one that we all feel justly proud of; but I trust that the new Second Brigade, formed by their union, will have a still brighter page in the history of our country and do honor to it parentage.

II. Captain Robert Burns, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, is announced as acting assistant adjutant-general of this brigade. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

R. H. G. MINTY,

Colonel Fourth Michigan Cavalry, Commanding.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Nashville, November 16, 1864-12 m.

Major-General STEEDMAN,

Chattanooga:

Brigadier General T. F. Meagher has been ordered to report to you for duty with convalescents and furloughed men; assign him to the command of the convalescents of the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps. Colonels Mitchell, Dilworth, and Boughton are on their way to Chattanooga; order them to report to Brigadier-General Cruft on their arrival. After the arrival of General Meagher, Cruft will command the convalescents of the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps.

GEO. H. THOMAS,

Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

CHATTANOOGA, November 16, 1864.

Major-General THOMAS:

Of the detachments now organized, 3,000 are armed, of which 1,000 are at Dalton; the balance I am holding to assist to General Ammen, should he need help, he having just asked if I could do so.

JAMES B. STEEDMAN,

Major-General.

NASHVILLE, November 16, 1864.

Major-General STEEDMAN,

Chattanooga:

Your dispatch just received, and your intention to assist General Ammen, if necessary, is approved.

GEO. H. THOMAS,

Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

CHATTANOOGA, November 16, 1864.

Major-General THOMAS:

I have organized in one command the convalescents, drafted men,a nd men returned from furlough of each respective corps now at the front, making four brigades, nearly 4,000 strong in all. Is that as you intended?

J. B. STEEDMAN,

Major-General.

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