HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Harper's Ferry, July 15, 1864.

Brigadier-General CROOK and

COMMANDING OFFICER,

Martinsburg, W. Va.:

Strong force of guerrillas on road. Do not come on without a regiment. Send this to General Crook if he has left.

D. HUNTER,

Major-Genera.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Harper's Ferry, July 15, 1864.

Brigadier General A. N. DUFFIE,

Commanding First Cavalry Division:

GENERAL: You will without delay report in person to Brigadier General J. C. Sullivan, and order your command to enter Harper's Ferry immediately, preparatory to crossing the river.

I have the honor to be, general, most respectfully, your obedient servant,

[P. G. BIER,]

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA, Numbers 126. Harper's Ferry, July 15, 1864.

1. Major General Franz Sigel, U. S. Volunteers, and Major General Julius Stahel, U. S. Volunteers, having been relieved from duty in this department by order of the War Department, will proceed to Baltimore, Md., without delay, from which place they will report by letter to the Adjutant-General U. S Army for orders.

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6. Agreeable to orders received from the War Department, Brigadier General George Crook is hereby placed in command of all the forces proceeding from this department to form a junction with Major General H. G. Wright, relieving Brigadier-General Sullivan. Brigadier-General Sullivan, on being relieved by General Crook, will report in person to the commanding general at these headquarters for orders. General Crook will report to General Wright for orders.

By order of Major-General Hunter:

[CHAS. G. HALPINE,]

Assistant Adjutant-General.

CAMDEN STATION, July 15, 1864. (Received 2. 10 p. m.)

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

We have received the following dispatch from Monocacy, from an agent who left Sandy Hook this morning:

The forces commanded by Generals Sullivan and Averell commenced arriving at Harper's Ferry on Wednesday evening, and were moving the river yesterday, last evening, and this morning to Pleasant Valley. One regiment is at Martinsburg; also some troops at Duffield's. We have information from signal officers at