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commands of more than one division. I think also it would be well to break up the Department of the Susquehanna and attach it to the Middle Department.
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, D. C., November 27, 1864.Major-General SHERIDAN,
Commanding Middle Military Division:
Our scouts have again returned, after an absence of five days, without any news, reporting that high water in the Rappahannock prevented their crossing. On the arrival of a rubber boat, which has been ordered from City Point, they will try it again.
GEO. K. LEET,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
Kerstown, Va., November 27, 1864.Lieutenant Colonel T. S. BOWERS,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
I respectfully quest that Colonel A. Piper, Tenth New York Heavy Artillery, now on duty headquarters Eighteenth Army Corps, be ordered to report tome immediately. The colonel has made application to me immediately. The colonel has made application to me to be ordered here, and inasmuch as his regiment is serving with my command, and I am in great need of his services as chief of artillery, I have no hesitation in making this request.
P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, No. 96. November 27, 1864.* * * * *
2. The Sixth U. S. Cavalry and the Fourth New York Cavalry are relieved from duty at these headquarters, and will report to chief of cavalry for orders. All men belonging to these regiments serving at these headquarters and not properly detailed in orders are relieved and will join their regiments.
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By command of Major-General Sheridan:
C. KINGSBURY, JR.,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS HARDIN'S DIVISION, TWENTY-SECOND ARMY CORPS, DEPT. OF WASHINGTON,Washington, D. C., November 27, 1864.
COMMANDING OFFICER SECOND BRIGADE:
In the disposition of the troops of the Second Brigade General Haskin desires that you will station the Fourteenth Company Massachusetts Artillery at Fort Bunker Hill when it arrives. Section 5., Special
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