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this purpose; also of going to Washington to procure a duplicate of the books sent there from Andersonville. General Wilson desires that you render him such assistance as is in your power.

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

E. P. INHOFF,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 1ST DIV., DEPT. OF KENTUCKY, No. 6. Lexington, Ky., June 30, 1865.

Captain N. R. Forster, One hundred and twenty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, is hereby announced as acting assistant adjutant-general on the staff of the general commanding, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

By command of Bvt. Brigadier General James F. Wade:

M. M. ANDREWS,

Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIRST DIV., 14TH ARMY CORPS, No. 77. Near Louisville, Ky., June 30, 1865.

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III. Lieutenant L. G. Bodie, acting assistant adjutant-general, First Brigade, First Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, is hereby detailed for duty as acting assistant adjutant-general at these headquarters. He will report without unnecessary delay.

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By command of Bvt. Major General C. C. Walcutt:

GEO. H. TRACY,
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,

OFFICE ACTING ASSISTANT INSPECTOR-GENERAL,

On Board Steamer Rose Hite, June 30, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel A. D. NELSON,

Assistant Inspector-General, Department of Arkansas:

COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the movements of this command from June 15 to the present date: For the 15th to the 25th of June we lay quietly in our camps near Louisville, Ky., holding frequent inspections, drills, and policing camps. The troops were paid to include April 30, 1865, and 12 per cent. of the command were furloughed for thirty days. The Seventeenth Iowa Infantry was transferred to First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. The Thirtieth Ohio Volunteers was relieved from special duty at corps headquarters and reported to the command on the 25th instant. A great amount of dissatisfaction prevailed among the troops who had been expecting to be mustered out of service, and among part of the command desertions were of daily occurrence for a few days after being paid; but owing to the exertions and vigilance of brigade and regimental commanders the difficulty was somewhat allayed, and after leaving Louisville the men were all kept with the command. In compliance with Special Orders, No. 155, June 25, 1865, headquarters Army of the Tennessee, the command broke camp on that day and embark of transports for Little


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