SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Numbers 4.
Santa Fe, N. Mex., February 4, 1865.

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III. Owing to the continued ill-health of Colonel Henry R. Selden, First Infantry New Mexico Volunteers, he is hereby relieved from the command of his regiment and from the command of the post of Fort Union, N. Mex. The commands from which Colonel Selden is thus relieved devolve on Lieutenant-Colonel Abreu, First Infantry New Mexico Volunteers. He will at once receive from Colonel Selden all the records of his regiment and all records, property, &c., pertaining to Fort Union for which Colonel Selden may be responsible. Colonel Selden can remain at Fort Union, or, at his option, proceed to any other point in New Mexico, should his physician so recommend, until further orders.

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By command of Brigadier-General Carleton:

BEN. C. CUTLER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

KENNERVILLE, February 5, 1865.

(Received 4 p. m.)

Lieutenant Colonel C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

The First Brigade will start about 3 p. m. They will be compelled to leave a portion of their transportation for want of room. Lieutenant-Colonel McLaughlin says both vessels are full, and it is impossible to carry anything except the First Brigade and a portion of their wagons and ambulances.

Very respectfully,

JOHN F. LACEY,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

VICKSBURG, February 5, 1865.

(Received 9th.)

Major General E. R. S. CANBY,

New Orleans:

GENERAL: Your telegram of the 2nd in relation to the cavalry from General Thomas is received and will receive attention. I have also received this evening a dispatch from General Dana ordering me to send 2,000 infantry from here to New Orleans. They will be sent as soon as transports arrive to take them.

Your obedient servant,

C. C. WASHBURN,

Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF VICKSBURG, Numbers 33.
Vicksburg, Miss., February 5, 1865.

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II. The Second Brigade, Colored Troops, and Forty-ninth U. S. Colored Infantry will be in readiness to embark for New Orleans with the least possible delay. They will take their camp and garrison equipage and four days' rations. They will also take, in addition to field transportation required by existing orders, a supply train for a march of twenty