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841 Series I Volume XLIII-II Serial 91 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign Part II

Page 841 Chapter LV. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF WASHINGTON, TWENTY-SECOND ARMY No. 323.
CORPS, December 30, 1864.

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6. Colonel G. W. Gile, Ninth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, is hereby assigned to the command of all the troops stationed in this city. He will establish his headquarters in this city and report direct to these headquarters. This order will take effect from December 15, 1864.

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By command of Major-General Augur:

C. H. RAYMOND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, December 30, 1864.

General CROOK:

Duval's division has been ordered to move to Martinsburg to-day and to await orders from you at that place.

JAS. W. FORSYTH,

Chief of Staff.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA, Cumberland, Md., December 30, 1864.

Brigadier General I. H. DUVAL,
Comdg. 1st Infty. Div., Dept. of W. Va., Martinsburg, W. Va.:

You will move by rail from Marinsburg, W. Va., to Cumberland, Md., with General Hayes' brigade, leaving the remaining regiment of Colonel Johnson's brigade at Martinsburg. Quartermaster's department will furnish necessary transportation.

By command of Major-General Crook:

ROBT. P. KENNEDY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA, Cumberland, Md., December 30, 1864.

COMDG. OFFICER BATTERY M, FIFTH U. S. ARTILLERY, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.:

Battery M, Fifth U. S. Artillery, will proceed by railroad from Harper's Ferry to New Creek, W. Va. The quartermaster's department will furnish transportation.

By command of Major-General Crook:

ROBT. P. KENNEDY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA, Cumberland, Md., December 30, 1864.

COMDG. OFFICER BATTERY B, FIFTH U. S. ARTILLERY, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.:

Battery B, Fifth U. S. Artillery, and the artillery brigade staff of the department will proceed at once from Harpers' Ferry, W. Va., to


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