roe, assistant adjutant-general; Lieutenant E. T. Champlain, Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteers, aide-de-camp; Lieutenant H. c. Pettibone, Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteers, aide-de-camp; Lieutenant John McAndrew, Thirty-fourth Iowa Volunteers, acting assistant quartermaster.

C. C. ANDREWS,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULP,
New Orleans, January 3, 1865.

Brigadier General G. L. ANDREWS,

Baton Rouge, La.:

GENERAL: The battalion of the Sixth Missouri Cavalry that was retained in Missouri is now en route for this department. It will be stopped at Baton rouge and join the Cavalry Division.

By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

C. S. SARGENT,

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

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 3, 1865-3,10 p. m.

(Received 10th.)

Major General J. J. REYNOLDS,

Little Rock, Ark., via Cairo, Ill.:

Lieutenant-General Grant directs, should Forth Smith and posts in vicinity have been abandoned before receiving his orders, they will be reoccupied as early as the garrisons can be supplied.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS,
January 3, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Asst. Adjt. General, Mil. Div. of West Mississippi, New Orleans, La.:

Communication of 26th ultimo received. * The Fourth Brigade of Reserve Corps will be sent down immediately, excepting the Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteers, at mouth of White River, and Thirty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, at Devall's Bluff. It is proposed to retain the latter regiment in this department by substituting another to take its place in the brigade, which will be determined soon as possible.

J. J. REYNOLDS,

Major-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. POST OF LITTLE ROCK, Numbers 1. Little Rock, Ark., January 3, 1865.

I. In obedience to General Orders, Numbers 1, current series, from headquarters Department of Arkansas, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the Post of Little Rock, with headquarters in U. S. Arsenal buildings.

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* See Vol. XLI, Part IV, p. 934.

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