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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, Numbers 107.
April 16, 1864.

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15. Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall is hereby relieved from the command of the First Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and assigned to the command of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps.

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By command of Major-General Schofield:

R. MORROW.

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Numbers 29.
Nashville, Tenn., April 18, 1864.

I. Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis and staff will proceed with all dispatch to Memphis, Tenn., and will assume command of all the cavalry forces there, and if possible may call for the cavalry at or near Vicksburg, and will pursue and punish the enemy wherever he may be.

2. General Sturgis is authorized to seize any and all the horses or mules in the country necessary to mount his command, and all officers in authority will fill any requisitions to enable General Sturgis to fulfill the purpose for which he is sent.

3. When General Sturgis has accomplished the object of these orders he will report in person or by letter direct to these headquarters.

II. Major General Gordon Granger, U. S. Volunteerse will proceed to New York City and there report to the Adjutant-General of the Army as per General Orders, Numbers 144, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, April 4, 1864. General Granger will take with him his personal staff.

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:

R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT. ADJT., GENERAL'S OFFICE. Numbers 157.
Washington, April 23, 1864.

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42. Major General N. J. T. Dana, U. S. Volunteers, will at once proceed on a tour of inspection through the Wetsern STates, commencing with Ohio, with a view to pushing forwrad recruits and volunteer regiments to their commands in the field, especially men on furlough, under such instructions as he may receive from the War Deaprtment. He will from time to time report the result of his inspections.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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