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HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
New Orleans, La., January 4, 1865.

Brigadier General D. ULLMANN,

Morganza, La.:

Telegraphic communication will be established with Kennerville about noon to-morrow. Reports of arrivals at Morganza of troops belonging to the Reserve Corps coming down the River will be made in duplicate to commanding officer at Kennerville.

By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,*

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Numbers 2. Little Rock, Ark., January 4, 1865.

I. Lieutenant Colonel W. D. Green is hereby relieved from duty as assistant adjutant-general of the Department of Arkansas and Seventh Army Corps, and will proceed to Saint Lois, Mo., and report by letter to the Adjutant-General of the Army for orders.

II. Major John. Levering, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, is hereby assigned to duty as assistant adjutant-general of the Department of Arkansas.

By order of Major General J. J. Reynolds:

S. C. FARRINGTON,

Major and Acting Aide-de-Camp.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Numbers 3. Little Rock, Ark., January 4, 1865.

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3. Colonel Thomas H. Benton, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, will proceed to Pine Bluff and assume command of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, during the absence of Colonel True.

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5. The Chief engineer of the department will cause to be seized all ferry's boats on the Arkansas River. No private ferries will be operated without permission form these headquarters.

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By order of Major General J. J. Reynolds:

JOHN LEVERING,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. POST OF LITTLE ROCK, Numbers 2. Little Rock, Ark., January 4, 1865.

Captain LeG. Benedict, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, having reported to these headquarters in obedience to Special Orders, Numbers 2, paragraph 3, 1865, is hereby assigned to duty as assistant adjutant-general of the Post of Little Rock and of the First Division, Seventh Army Corps, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

By order of Brigadier General F. Salomon:

GEO. W. BURCHARD,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


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