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WASHINGTON,

June 4, 1864-11 p.m.

Major-General WALLACE,

Baltimore, Md.:

You will immediately send one regiment of Ohio 100-days' men to Fort Delaware to relieve the Fifth Maryland Regiment at that place.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.

JUNE 4, 1864.

Brigadier General E. B. TYLER,

Relay House:

Prepare the One hundred and fifty-seventh Ohio National Guard, Colonel McCook, to proceed at once to Fort Delaware. Reply by telegraph, stating when it will be ready. There will be a part of the First Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteers sent to you.

SAML. B. LAWRENCE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 1864-12.15 p.m.

Brigadier-General SCHOEPF,

Fort Delaware:

General Wallace has been directed to send you a regiment of Ohio 100-days' men to replace the Fifth Maryland, which will be sent to Washington to report to Major-General Augur.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.


HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE DEPARTMENT,
Baltimore, Md., June 4, 1864.

Brigadier-General SCHOEPF,

Fort Delaware:

The One hundred and fifty-seventh Ohio leaves here to-morrow morning to relieve the Fifth Maryland, by orders from the War Department.

SAML. B. LAWRENCE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIDDLE DEPT., 8TH ARMY CORPS, No. 142. Baltimore, June 4, 1864.

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6. The One hundred and fifty-seventh Regiment Ohio National Guard, Colonel George W. McCook commanding, is hereby relieved from duty with the First Separate Brigade, and will be put en route at once for Fort Delaware, to report to Brigadier-General Schoepf. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation. Brigadier General E. B. Tyler, commanding Second Separate Brigade, is charged with the execution of this order.

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8. The First Regiment Maryland Veteran Volunteer Cavalry will be put en route at once for Washington, D. C., to report to Major-


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