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158 Series I Volume XLI-III Serial 85 - Price's Missouri Expedition Part III

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E. P. Vollum, medical inspector, U. S. Army, chief medical officer; Lieutenant Colonel William H. Wood, First U. S. Infantry, provost-marshal-general; Major De Witt Clinton, judge-advocate; Major Frank W. Marston, chief signal officer; Captain M. D. McAlester, U. S. Corps of Engineers, chief engineer; Captain John F. S. Gray, assistant adjutant-general; Captain B. F. Morey, assistant adjutant-general; Captain George S. Melville, aide-de-camp; Captain Clarence T. Barrett, aide-de-camp; Captain W. G. Fuller, assistant quartermaster, assistant superintendent of military telegraph; Captain James G. Patton, Thirty-third Missouri Volunteers, fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, acting assistant adjutant-general.

By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 126.
New Orleans, La., September 12, 1864.

1. The commanding officer Sixty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, having reported his regiment at these headquarters, in compliance with Special Orders, Numbers 115, paragraph 8, from these headquarters, will proceed without delay to Morganza, La., and report to the commanding officer at that point. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

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By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

B. F. MOREY,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 126.
New Orleans, September 12, 1864.

The following organization of districts is published for general information:

The District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, including the Districts of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, commanded by Major General F. J. Herron.

The District of West Florida and Southern Alabama, including the troops serving in Mobile Bay and those in the District of West Florida, commanded by Major General Gordon Granger.

By command of Major-General Banks:

GEORGE B. DRAKE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 246.
New Orleans, September 12, 1864.

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3. The Provisional Division, established by paragraph 10, Special Orders, Numbers 228, from these headquarters, will be under the command of Brigadier General T. W. Sherman, commanding Defenses of New Orleans, for the purpose of better organization and system. General Sherman


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