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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
Alexandria, May 1, 1864.Major General JOHN A. McCLERNAND,
Commanding Thirteenth Army Corps:
In answer to your communication of to-night, I am directed to inform you that a brigade of General A. J. Smith's command is posted on the Opelousas road, about 4 miles from this place, at the fork of the Opelousas and Bayou Robert road, and will give all the necessary support to your left flank. It is the opinion of the commanding general that the dispositions already made will be sufficient without calling in any working party from across the river.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. S. SARGENT,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Alexandria, La., May 1, 1864.Brigadier-General DWIGHT,
Chief of Staff, Department of the Gulf:
GENERAL: I desire to send out a train of fifty wagons 7 or 8 miles on the Opelousas road, with a guard, to obtain forage. If the major-general commanding the department does not consider this measure safe, I ask permission to send a reconnoitering party to see whether the enemy are in that direction or not.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. McCLERLAND,
Major-General, Commanding.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 23.
Alexandria, La., May 1, 1864.I. The Twenty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry is authorized to have inscribed on its colors the following names of battles, in accordance with paragraph 11, Appendix B, Revised Army Regulations, 1863:
Prairie Grove, Vicksburg, Yazoo City, Atchafalaya.
II. The following are the dates at which the above-named actions took place:
Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862.
Vicksburg, Miss., invested May 18, 1863; assaulted May 19-22, 1863; surrendered July 4, 1863.
Yazoo City, Miss., July 13, 14, 1863.
Atchafalaya, La., September 7, 1863.
By command of Major General John A. McClernand:
SAMUEL CALDWELL,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 94.
Alexandria, La., May 1, 1864.* * * * *
II. All orders heretofore given in regard to outpost duty are countermanded after 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
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