KENNERVILLE, February 11, 1865.

Received 10 a. m.)

Colonel C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

COLONEL; The Third Brigade, Colonel Kent commanding and the Twenty- third Iowa, are now en route to hicks Landing. They number, combined, 2,100 men. Shall I send the Seventy- sixth Illinois also! That regiment will move with 550 men. If transportation can be furnished from the lake I can get them started about 12 o'clock.

JOHN F. LACEY,

Assistant Adjutant- General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. SECOND Brigadier, RESERVE CORPS, Numbers 1.
Dauphin Island, Ala., February 11, 1865.

Pursuant to Special Orders, Numbers 1, District of South Alabama, the undersigned hereby assumes command of Second Brigade, Reserve Corp., Military Division of West Mississippi.

Existing orders will continue in force and reports forwarded to these headquarters.

JAMES H. COATES,

Colonel.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, Numbers 7.
New Orleans, February 11, 1865.

The following order is republished for general information. * The name of this command will be changed, from this date, to Southern Division of Louisiana. The series of orders will continue in regular order as if no change had been made.

By command of Brigadier-General Sherman:

FREDERIC SPEED,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. SOUTHERN DIV. OF LOUISIANA, Numbers 44.
New Orleans, La., February 11, 1865.

1. The Seventh Vermont Veteran Volunteers will on Monday next proceed to Camp Parapet and take post there. The Sixth Minnesota Volunteers will take post at Terrell; 's Press and relieve the Seventh Vermont Veteran Volunteers. Terrell's Press will be turned over in good order, and all fixtures and public property pertaining thereto transferred to the regimental quartermaster sixth Minnesota Volunteers.

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By command of Brigadier- General Sherman:

FREDERIC SPEED,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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*See General orders, Numbers 8, Department of the Gulf, p. 787.

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