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Page 499 Chapter XLIX. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.

CUMBERLAND, May 19, 1864-12 m.

Colonel WILKINSON,

New Creek:

Send a company to protect Piedmont. I am not prepared to indicate what will be best location for it-perhaps Bloomington, or between that point and Piedmont.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brigadier-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIDDLE DEPT., 8TH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 127.
Baltimore, May 19, 1864.

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4. Colonel L. J. Jackson, One hundred and fifty-ninth Regiment Ohio National Guard, having reported with his regiment at these headquarters, is hereby assigned to the Third Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps, and will report to Brigadier General J. R. Kenly for duty.

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By command of Major-General Wallace:

SAMUEL B. LAWRENCE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 182.
Washington, May 20, 1864.

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22. Colonel RICHARD H. Rush, commanding First Brigade, Veteran Reserve Corps, is hereby relieved from that duty, and will proceed to Alexandria, Va., to take command of the Second Brigade, Veteran Reserve Corps, at that place.

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By order of the Secretary of War:E. D. TOWNSEND, Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS HASKIN'S DIVISION,
May 20, 1864.

Colonel MILLER:I send order from department headquarters for detail. Great Falls is on the Potomac, about ten miles from Fort ReNumbers The best route for the detail to take would be to strike the River road or the canal, and follow it up until it reaches Great Falls. I think there is a road leading from Tennallytown west direct to the River road. Once on the River road the route is plain. Subsistence can be drawn from the nearest commissary. Instruct the officer to use great vigilance in protecting these works.

Very respectfully,

R. CHANDLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


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