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in person to the major-general commanding the department at Hilton Head, S. C., to resume his duties as chief of department staff.

II. Bvt. Brigadier General E. P. Davis is hereby assigned to the post of Savannah, and will forthwith relieve Bvt. Brigadier General Stewart L. Woodford, U. S. Volunteers.

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IV. The brigade of troop commanded by Bvt. Brigadier General E. P. Davis, U. S. Volunteers, is hereby assigned to duty in the District of Savannah.

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By command of Major General Q. A. Gillmore:

ED. N. KIRK TALCOTT,

Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 174.
Hilton Head, S. C., June 30, 1865.

I. Bvt. Brigadier General W. T. Bennet is assigned to duty according to his rank, object to the approval of the President, and will report to Bvt. Major General John P. Hatch for assignment to the command of the post of Charleston in the place of Colonel Bvt. Brigadier General William Gurney, whose regiment is to muster our of service. The thanks of the major-general commanding are hereby tendered to Brevet Brigadier-General Gurney for the zeal, ability, and efficiency displayed by him while in command of the city of Charleston.

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By command of Major General Q. A. Gillmore:

W. L. M. BURGER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

WASHINGTON, January 1, 1861.

G. B. DUVAL,

Montgomery, Ala.:

I know no determination by the Cabinet. It is thought a majority are against evacuating Fort Sumter. Nothing certain. It is said the President will send a message to-morrow.

BEN. FITZPATRICK.

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Facts connected with the seizure of Fort Pulaski.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Milledgeville, Ga., January 2, 1861*.

At the facts connected with the occupancy of Fort Pulaski by State troops may become the subject of future inquiry, I deem it proper to spread upon the Executive Minutes a brief statement of t he occurrences connected with this transaction.

When it had been ascertained that the State of South Carolina would, on the meeting of here convention, which was to assemble in December,

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* From Executive Minutes of the State of Georgia.

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