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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 2.
New Orleans, January 2, 1865.

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2. The detachment of the First Louisiana Cavalry now at Morganza will proceed without delay to Baton Rouge, and be reported by the commanding officer to Brigadier-General Bailey. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

C. S. SARGENT,
First Lieutenant, Second Louisiana Vols., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. General


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,

New Orleans, January 2, 1865.

Brigadier-General BAILEY,

Baton Rouge:

The First Louisiana Cavalry at Morganza is ordered to report to you at Baton Rouge.

By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

JOS. HUBBERT, Jr.,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, January 2, 1865.

Brigadier-General ULLMAN,

Commanding, Morganza:

You will send that portion of the First Louisiana Cavalry now at Morganza to Baton Rouge to report to Brigadier-General Bailey. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

J. C. STONE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. THIRD Brigadier, RESERVE CORPS,

MILITARY DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,

Morganza, La., January 2, 1865.

The Thirty-fourth Iowa and One hundred and fourteenth Ohio Infantry will immediately embark with all their camp and garrison equipage. The Thirty-fourth Iowa will embark in the Chouteau and the One hundred and fourteenth Ohio in the Thomas. Each regiment will immediately draw three days' additional marching rations. To avoid sickness and promote the health and safety of the troops, the commanding officers will observe the regulations for troops in transports, paragraphs 851 to 879, inclusive, of the Revised Army Regulators.

By order of Brigadier General C. C. Andrews:

GEORGE MONROE,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.


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