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GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 74.
June 22, 1862.

I. Captain William C. Russell, assistant adjutant-general, is assigned to duty at these headuqartes.

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By order of General Rosecrans:

W. L. ELLIOTT,

Brigadier- General and Chief of Staff.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISSISIPPI, Numbers 156.
June 22, 1862.

The Second Division, Left Wing (Davis'), will proceed to Jacinto, Miss., taking two days' cooked rations in haversacks. Two days' rations will be sent in wagons to follow the division. General Davis will report in person for instrucitons to the generalcommanding.

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B By order of General Rosecrans:

W. L. ELLIOTT,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OFT HE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 119.
Corinth, Miss., June 22, 1862.

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3. Major General E. O. C. Ord is assigned to the command of the Second Division, Army of the Tennessee, and will relieve Major-General Thomas in command of the town of Corinth.

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By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistnt Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OFTE MISSISSIPPI,
No 162.
June 26, 1862.

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4. The Left Wing of this army will proceed without delay on the road toward Holly Springs via Ripley. Three days' rarions will be taken in the haversacks. The sick and convalescents will remain forthe guard of the camp, in charge of a discreet officer. Forty rounds of ammunition per man will be carried in the cartidge- boxes and sixty rounds in knapsacks. The wagon train, with to\wo days' rations and extra ammunition for artillery and small- arms, will follow the command. The officer in command will report in operson to the commanding general for detailed instructins.

By order of General Rosecrans:

C. F. MARDEN,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

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