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838 Series I Volume XLIV- Serial 92 - Savannah

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GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,


Numbers 60.
Savannah, GA., December 30, 1864.

Major Maxwell Woodhull, assistant adjutant-General, U. S. Volunteers, having reported in accordance with paragraph VI, Special Field Orders, Numbers 208, headquarters Department and Army of the Tennessee, is hereby assigned to duty as assistant adjutant-General at these headquarters, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

By command of Major General P. Joseph Osterhaus:

H. N. WHEELER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,


Numbers 61.
Savannah, GA., December 30, 1864.

In accordance with paragraph 3, General Orders, Numbers 59, headquarters Department and Army of the Tennessee, series of 1863, the following-named officers are relieved from duty with their respective commands and are hereby assigned as acting assistant inspectors-General, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly: Captain Albert Head, Tenth Iowa Volunteers, for Second Brigade, Third Division, Fifteenth Army Corps; Lieutenant A. D. Cameron, Seventh Iowa Veteran Volunteers, for Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps.

By command of Major General P. Joseph Osterhaus:

MAX. WOODHULL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,

Numbers 211.
Savannah, GA., December 30, 1864.

I. Division commanders will take immediate steps to prevent the destruction of the railroad, telegraph lines, or buildings connected with the same, in the vicinity of their respective camps.

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By order of Major General P. Joseph Osterhaus:

MAX WOODHULL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH CORPS,
Savannah, GA., December 30, 1864.

Brigadier General W. T. WARD,

Commanding Third Division:

GENERAL: The general commanding directs that your division move early to-morrow morning to Hutchinson's Island, where a pontoon bridge will be laid to the South Carolina shore.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

ROBT. P. DECHERT,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


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