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310 Series I Volume XLIX-II Serial 104 - Mobile Bay Campaign Part II

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NASHVILLE, April [10], 1865.

Major General D. S. STANLEY,

Greeneville:

Have information from War Department, but particulars not given. The Associated Press, however, reports that Lee has surrendered his army to General Grant; that is, the Army of Virginia.

GEO. H. THOMAS,

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

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
SELMA, ALA., Numbers 18.
April 10, 1865.

The Cavalry Corps will resume the march to-day in the following order:

I. The Second Brigade of the First Division will move as soon as ready toward Montgomery.

II. The Fourth Division will follow the Second Brigade of the First Division.

III. The Second Division will follow the Fourth Division.

IV. The wagon train and bridge train will follow the Second Division.

V. The commanding officer of the Second Division will detail two regiments as a rear guard to march behind the train and assist it when necessary. Division commanders will take measures to reduce the transportation as much as possible, and will order a thorough inspection of their trains to see that no articles are carried that are not needed.

By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

E. B. BEAUMONT,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, FIELD ORDERS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 19.
Benton, Ala., April 10, 1865.

The Cavalry Corps will march to-morning at daylight in the following order:

I. The First Division will move toward Montgomery, keeping well to the right, crossing the Pintlalla and Catoma Creeks, burning the railroad bridges over them, and marching as close to the railroad as possible. Upon nearing Montgomery the First Division will move well to the right in order to cut the railroad communication between that point and Opelika.

II. The Fourth Division will move on Montgomery by the best road from its present camps. It will move as rapidly as possible in order to be able to support the First Division, if possible.

III. The Second Division will move on the direct stage road from Benton to Montgomery, if Colonel Minty ascertains that the roads is practicable; if it is not, the Second Division will follow the route of the Fourth Division.

IV. The train will follow the Second Division.

By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

E. B. BEAUMONT,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.


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