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assigned to duty at the post of Nashville, and will report to Brigadier General John F. Miller, commanding, for duty.

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:

R. M. SAWYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE OHIO, Numbers 141.
Cedar Bluff, October 27, 1864.

I. Battery F, Michigan Light Artillery, is hereby relieved from duty with the Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and will proceed without delay to Chattanooga, Tenn., and there report by letter to Major-General Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland, for further orders.

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By command of Major-General Schofield:

CLINTON A. CILLEY,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

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GAYLESVILLE, October 27, 1864.

(Received 12.15 a. m.)

Brigadier-General RAWLINS,

Chief of Staff, City Point:

General Sherman has given me ample power in the reorganization of the cavalry, and authorizes me to ask if my request for General Upton and Colonel Mackenzie has been granted. We are very short of commissioned officers, and I hope the lieutenant-general will give me these asked for, as well as some others that have been tested.

J. H. WILSON,

Brevet Major-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 198.
Nashville, Tenn., October 29, 1864.

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7. The Sixth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry (dismounted) will proceed at once to Chattanooga, Tenn., and report to Major-General Steedman for temporary duty at that place.

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:

R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 4.
Rome, Ga., October 30, 1864.

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3. The First Alabama Cavalry, Colonel Spencer commanding, is assigned to duty with the army of the Department of the Tennessee. Colonel Spencer will report to Major General O. O. Howard for orders.

4. Colonel Israel Garrard will fully equip and mount two regiments upon the serviceable horses of his command, and order their commanding


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