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report in person for orders to Major General A. McD. McCook, commanding Right Wing, Army of the Cumberland.

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XXVI. Brigadier General W. B. Campbell, U. S. Volunteers, is assigned to and will assume command of the Thirty-sixth Brigade as soon as his health will permit him to do so.

XXVII. Brigadier General J. M. Palmer is assigned to and will assume command of the Fourth (Smith's) Division to-morrow, the 10th instant.

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By command of Major-General Rosecrans:

C. GODDARD,

Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL
HDQRS. THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, FIELD ORDERS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Numbers 19.
Oxford, Miss., December 10, 1862.

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Colonel Buckland will desingate one regiment from his brigade to report to Brigadier-General Quinby at Oxford with as little delay as practicable. Waterhouse's battery will remain with Colonel Buckland, and will report to the chief of artillery on the 14th instant. Cheney's battery is assigned to the First Division, Brigadier-General Denver commanding, and will report to him without delay. The general wagon train will be divided pro rata among the regiments now being reassinged and the surplus ammunition will be issued to them in like manner, to be carried with them in regimental trains. General Lauman will desingate three regiments to remain at Waterford to report to Colonel Du Bois at Holly Springs. The guarding of the bridge at Wyatt will be left to Colonel Buckland until otherwise directed.

By order of Major General U. S. Grant:

John A. RAWLINS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL
HDQRS. FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, FIELD ORDERS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Numbers 16.
Nashville, Tenn., December 11, 1862.

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XIV. The brigade commanded by Brigadier-General Ward, now in the Twelfth (Dumont's) Division, will hereafter be known as the Eighth Brigade, and will report for duty to Brigadier General E. A. Paine, for the purpose of guarding the railroad from Mitchellville to Nashville. The fortieth Brigade, commanded by Colonel A. O. Miller (now in General Dumont's division), will report for duty to Brigadier General J. J. Reynolds. The detachments of cavalry now attached to General Dumont's division will report to Brigadier General J. J. Reynolds, whose command will hereafter be known as the Twelfth Division, and is attached to the Center, under Major General G. H. Thomas.

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By command of Major-General Rosecrans:

C. GODDARD,

Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

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