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SPECIAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 274.
Richmond, December 24, 1861.* * * *
IV. Major J. G. Pickett, assistant adjutant-general, Provisional Army, will proceed at once to Bowling Green, Ky., and report for duty to General A. S. Johnston, commanding.
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XVI. The designation of the First Regiment Mississippi Cavalry will hereafter be the Wirt Adams Regiment of Cavalry.
XVII. Brigadier General Alexander P. Stewart, Provisional Army, will report at once to General A. S. Johnston, commanding at Bowling Green, Ky.
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By command of the Secretary of War:
John WITHERS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.[7.]
RICHMOND, December 24, 1861.
Lieutenant Colonel PHILIPS P. SLAUGHTER, or
Commanding OFFICER FIFTY-SIXTH Regiment VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS,
Abingdon, Va.:
SIR: The Secretary of War directs that you immediately proceed to carry out the instructions referred to in your communication of the 23rd instant, by reporting with all your effective force for duty to Brigadier General H. Marshall, making proper provision for your sick at Abingdon.
Your obedient servant,
R. H. CHILTON.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
[7.]
COLUMBUS, December 24, 1861.
General A. S. JOHNSTON.
Bowling Green:
Your dispatch just received. I concluded not to wait for you, but telegraphed you some hours ago that I had given Colonel Bowen's command [orders] to move. I have changed my plan and will send them all by rail. I have transportation enough to take 2,500 at a trip, and I think I can place them from State line to Bowling Green in eighteen hours each trip. Where do you want them ordered? Shall they take wagon transportation? Do you require artillery?*
L. POLK,
[7.]
CAMP MILL SPRINGS, December 25, 1861.
General A. S. JOHNSTON:
DEAR SIR: We are at the above point, nine miles above Monticello, and have been here for near a month. We are going into winter quarters here. The weather has been remarkably fine since our arrival at this point. I think this the most propitious time for an onward
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*For reply, see Mackall to Polk, VOL. VII, p. 790.
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