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1033 Series I Volume XLV-I Serial 93 - Franklin - Nashville Part I

Page 1033 Chapter LVII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 16TH ARMY CORPS,

Numbers 104.
One Steamer Wanita, November 24, 1864.

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Brigade commanders will expedite the embarkation of the troops of their respective commands on the transports. The troops, transportation, and batteries of this command must be loaded to-night and every boat in the fleet move at daylight to-morrow, November 25, 1864.

By order of D. Moore, colonel Twenty-first Missouri Infantry Volunteers, commanding division.

JAMES B. COMSTOCK,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Nashville, November 24, 1864.

Colonel SMITH,

Eighty-third Illinois, Clarksville:

Have you seen any steamers pass Clarksville to-day for this place with troops on board?

GEO. H. THOMAS,

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

CLARKSVILLE, November 24, 1864-8 p.m.

Major-General THOMAS:

The Seventh Cavalry Regiment Illinois passed up this 8 a.m. by boat.

A. A. SMITH,

Colonel Eighty-third Illinois, Commanding.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,

Numbers 206.
Memphis, Tenn., November 24, 1864.

I. The Sixth Regiment Tennessee Cavalry (dismounted) are hereby ordered to proceed without delay to Nashville, Tenn., via the Cumberland River, and report to Bvt. Major General J. H. Wilson, commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi. They will take with them their camp and garrison equipage and authorized transportation. The quartermaster's department will furnish transportation.

II. The Nineteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry are hereby ordered to proceed without delay to Nashville, Tenn., via the Cumberland River and report to Bvt. Major General J. H. Wilson, commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi. They will take with them their horses, camp and garrison equipage, and authorized transportation. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

By order of Major General C. C. Washburn:

W. H. MORGAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


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