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73 Series I Volume XLV-II Serial 94 - Franklin - Nashville Part II

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE OHIO,


Numbers 172.
Nashville, tenn., December 6, 1864.

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V. Paragraph II, of Special Field Orders, Numbers 171, current series, from these headquarters, relieving Major-General Stoneman from duty in the Department of the Ohio, and ordering him to repair to Cincinnati, Ohio, is hereby revoked.

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By command of Major-General Schofield:

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
December 6, 1864 - 8 p. m.

Major-General THOMAS,

Commanding:

The enemy have a battery on the Charlotte pike, and developed some infantry force this evening, moving toward our right. All quiet at present.

A. J. SMITH,

Major-General.

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND,


Numbers 334. Nashville, Tenn., December 6, 1864.

IX. Inasmuch as the Sixteenth Army Corps has been discontinued, the troops which formerly composed a portion of that organization, now under command of Major General A. J. Smith, will be known as the Detachment of the Army of the Tennessee.

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By command of Major-General Thomas:

HENRY M. CIST,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL STEEDMAN'S HEADQUARTERS,

December 6, 1864.

Brigadier General T. J. WOOD:

What news have you of the movements of the enemy to-day?

J. B. STEEDMAN,

Major-General.

DECEMBER 6, 1864.

Major General J. B. STEEDMAN:

The enemy in our front to-day has been rather quiet. No movements of interest, but he has been quite busy in strengthen in this works, which are quite near to our works. Will keep you informed.

TH. J. WOOD,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers.


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