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MORGANZA, February 26, 1865.

Major-General HERRON:

I received the order relieving General Ullmann and assigning Colonel Fuller. Colonel Fuller was on board of the Grey Eagle just ready to start down the river when I received the order. Colonel Fuller has assumed command. I think it is well, for General Ullmann is full of whisky all of the time-so much so to-night that he cannot walk steady.

L. B. MOREY,

Captain and Acting Aide-de-Camp.


HDQRS. 2nd PROVISIONAL Brigadier, U. S. COLORED TROOPS,
Morganza, La., February 26, 1865.

Major H. E. LOSEY,

Commanding Sixty-seventh U. S. Colored Infantry:

SIR: The following communication has just been received from headquarters U. S. Forces:

Colonel A. J. EDGERTON:

You will hold your command in readiness to repel any attack during the night. Information received at these headquarters this day shows that the enemy are in considerable force this side the Atchafalaya.

By order of Colonel Henry W. Fuller:

R. J. MERRILL,

First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

You will instruct your guard to use the utmost vigilance, cause the sentinels to be visited frequently and throughly instructed, and hold your command ready to fall in at the first alarm.

By order of Colonel A. J. Edgerton:

MORRIS FOSTER,

Second Lieutenant, 65th U. S. Colored Infty., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. General

MORGANZA, February 26, 1865.

Major-General HERRON,

Commanding Division of Northern Louisiana:

General Ullmann left here last night before my arrival. I cannot find any evidence that the was correct in his statement concerning the crossing of rebel troops. I will write more fully concerning affairs here by first opportunity. It is raining furiously, and the country pretty well blockaded by mud.

E. J. DAVIS,

Brigadier-General.


HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION,
Devall's Bluff, February 26, 1865-8. 30 p. m.

Major JOHN LEVERING,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas:

Glorious news. Anderson's flag waves over Sumter. Our troops occupy Charleston. Sherman has taken Columbia and is moving northward.

ALEXANDER SHALER,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.


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