SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, Numbers 240.
Near Renfroe's. Ga., August 31, 1864.

I. Upon the recommendation of his Excellency Governor Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, and of the commanding officer of their DIVISION, it is hereby ordered that all men of the Fourth DIVISION Cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland, now under charge of desertion, who have returned, or may return, voluntarily to duty with their commands on or before the 25th day of September next, shall be pardoned of the crime with which they stand charged, and restored to duty without trial. This will not be considered as establishing a precedent for future orders of this kind, but simply to afford those who desire to return to their duty an opportunity of doing so without being deterred by the fear of punishment.

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By command of Major-General Thomas:

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, August 31, 1864.

General HUGH EWING, Louisville, Ky.:

Hold the FIFTY-second at Bowling Green, and watch Gallatin and Scottsville. I will ordered Hobson to look out from Lebanon. Watch the railroad near Bowling Green.

S. G. BURNBRIDGE,

Brevet Major-General, Commanding.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Couche's House, August 31, 1864.

Governor JohnSON, Nashville:

I will hand your dispatch,* relating to those parties in Knoxville, to General Schofield, who will give the necessary orders. General Webster is always empowered to act in all such cases.

W. T. SHERMAN,

Major-General, Commanding.

Organization of troops in the Department of the Cumberland (not employed in the Atlanta Campaign), commanded by Major General George H. Thomas, U. S. Army, August 31, 1864. +

DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE.

Major General LOVELL H. ROUSSEAU.

First Brigade. ++

Colonel CHARLES C. DOOLITTLE.

73rd Indiana, Major Alfred B. Wade.

102nd Ohio, Colonel William Given.

18th Michigan, Major Edwin M. Hulburd.

13th Wisconsin, Colonel William P. Lyon.

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* See August 28, p. 311.

+ For troops engaged in the Atlanta campaign, see Vol. XXXVIII, Part I, p. 89.

++ Of Fourth DIVISION, Twentieth Army Corps, Decatur, Ala.

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