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II. Colonel H. Scofield, commanding Second Brigade, will cause one regiment of his command to embark at sunrise to-morrow on the steamer Tycoon, with their camp and garrison equipage and transportation, and proceed to New Orleans. Arriving at New Orleans, the commanding officer of the regiment will report to Major General E. R. S. Canby, commanding Military Division of West Mississippi, for orders.

By order of Brigadier General J. P. Hawkins:

SAML. B. FERGUSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION,
DETACH, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, No. 22.
Eastport, Miss., February 8, 1865.

The following are the boats assigned to this division: Division headquarters, John Kilgore; First Brigade, Peerless, Izetta, Anglo-Saxon, Reserve; Second Brigade, Tarascon, Groesbeck; Third Brigade, Saint Patrick, Metropolitan, Des Moines, Huntsville. On signal of one long whistle from division headquarters boat, the transports conveying the troops of this command will move out into the stream at 8 a. m. to-morrow, February 8, 1865, in the named order. Orders will be communicated by the usual signals.

By order of Brigadier General K. Garrard:

JAS. B. COMSTOCK,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, February 7, 1865.

Major General JOHN POPE, Saint Louis:

I arrived here this evening; will take command in morning.

G. M. DODGE,

Major-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 38.
Saint Louis, Mo., February 7, 1865.

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5. The forty-ninth Missouri Volunteers, Colonel D. P. Dyer commanding, will proceed without delay by steamer to New Orleans, La., and report to Major General E. R. S. Canby, commanding Military Division of West Mississippi. No transportation or extra baggage will be taken with the regiment. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation for the moving of the regiment.

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By command of Major-General Dodge:

J. W. BARNES,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

WARRENSBURG, February 7, 1865.

(Received 10. 20 a. m. 8th.)

Major-General DODGE:

Have had heavy scouts through La Fayette County for five days. They killed bushwhackers N. B. Mitchell and wounded four or five


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