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6. Brigadier General F. Fessenden is assigned to the command of the Second Brigade, First Infantry Division, the headquarters of which will hereafter, and until further orders, be at Cumberland, Md.

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By command of Brevet Major-General Emory:

TH. MELVIN,

[46.] Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA, Numbers 123.
Cumberland, Md., June 12, 1865.

8. Brigadier General E. B. Tyler is assigned temporarily to the command of the First Separate Brigade of this department.

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By command of Brevet Major-General Emory:

TH. MELVIN,
[46.] Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 304.
Washington, June 14, 1865.

2. The following regiments will at once report to Major-General Hancock, commanding Middle Military Division, for garrison duty in the defenses of Washington: Second Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery.

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By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[The foregoing order is incorrectly printed in VOL. XLVI, Part III, p. 1278.]

[46.]


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA, Numbers 130.
Cumberland, Md., June 23, 1865.

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8. Brigadier General I. H. Duval is assigned to the temporary command of the troops in and about the city of Wheeling. He will give special attention, under the provisions of General Orders, Numbers 94, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, to the mustering out of the troops sent there for that purpose, and will from time to time report to these headquarters the progress made, and will also report when the troops now there have been mustered out.

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By command of Brevet Major-General Emory:

TH. MELVIN,
[46.] Assistant Adjutant-General.


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