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GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 2.
Saint Louis, Mi., March 10, 1865.The following correspondence* is published for the information of all military commanders in the Military Division of the Missouri.
By command of Major-General Pope:
J. McC. Bell,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL DIV. OF THE MISSOURI, OFFICE OF THE ASST. ADJT. GENERAL, Numbers 3.
Saint Louis, Mo., March 10, 1865.The following officers are announced as the staff of the major-general commanding this military division. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly: Lieutenant Colonel John T. Sprague, acting assistant adjutant-general and chief of staff; Major General Alfred Pleasanton, chief of cavalry and artillery; Brigadier General T. C. H. Smith, inspector-general; Colonel T. J. Haines, chief commissary; Lieutenant Colonel Fred. Myers, chief quartermaster; Major J. F. Meline, aide-de-camp, judge-advocate; Captain Jos. McC. Bell, assistant adjutant-general; Captain M. Norton, assistant adjutant-general; Colonel C. A. Morgan, aide-de-camp; Captain E. Haight, aide-de-camp.
By command of Major-General Pope:
JOS. McC. BELL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI,
March 10, 1865-11. 35 a. m.General DODGE:
Davies will be left until you can spare him. What is Major C. Vaughan doing at Leavenworth? Is he an officer?
JOHN POPE,
Major-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 67.
Saint Louis, Mo., March 10, 1865.* * *
7. Upon the arrival of the Forty-ninth Wisconsin at East Saint Louis the regiment will immediately disembark from the cars and proceed without delay to Benton Barracks, Mo. The commanding officer of the regiment will report at the earliest practicable moment at these headquarters for further orders.
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By command of Major-General Dodge:
J. W. BARNES,
Assistant Adjutant-General.---------------
*See Fletcher to Pope, March 2, and Pope to Fletcher, March 3, pp. . 1060, 1070; also proclamation of the governor of Missouri, March 7, p. 1115.
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