GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF Vicksburg, Numbers 22.
Vicksburg, Miss., August 19, 1864.

Captain Francis W. Fox, assistant adjutant-general, U. S. Volunteers, having reported to these headquarters, in compliance with Special Field Orders, Numbers 69, headquarters Department and Army of the Tennessee, is announced as assistant adjutant-general at these headquarters.

By order of Major General N. J. T. Dana:

H. C. RODGERS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

WASHINGTON, August 20, 1864-2. 05 p. m.

Major-General BURBRIDGE,

Lexington, Ky.:

Your command includes all Kentucky, and General Heintzelman will withdraw his troops from Covington.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General, Chief of Staff.

NASHVILLE, TENN., August 20, 1864.

Major-General BURBRIDGE,

Lexington:

Nothing definite is known of Wheeler's whereabouts. He was moving in the direction of East Tennessee; estimated force, 6,000.

R. M. SAWYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, August 20, 1864.

Brigadier-General HOBSON,

Lebanon, Ky.:

Wheeler is in East Tennessee, and you must send out scouts and find where he is, if possible. Be ready to move at notice. Keep troops concentrated as much as possible, and scout to the front.

By order of General McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, KY., August 20, 1864.

Colonel HANSON,

Mount Sterling:

Wheeler is in East Tennessee. Keep your men in hand. Send out your spies and scouts. Morgan is perhaps with him.

By order of General McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.