SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPT. AND ARMY OF THE TENN., Numbers 219.
East Point, Ga., September 27, 1864.

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VIII. 1. Major General J. A. Mower, U. S. Volunteers, is relieved from the command of the First DIVISION, SIXTEENTH Army Corps, and will forthwith proceed to Nashville, Tenn., and report by telegram to Major-General Sherman, commanding Military DIVISION of the Mississippi, for orders.

2. Brigadier General William Vandever, U. S. Volunteers, will turn over the command of the U. S. forces at Rome, Ga., to his next in rank, and will without delay proceed to Marietta, Ga., and relieve Brigadier General J. McArthur, U. S. Volunteers, of the command of the District of Marietta.

3. Brigadier General J. McArthur is assigned to the command of the First DIVISION, SIXTEENTH Army Corps, and on being relieved will report forthwith accordingly.

IX. Major General N. J. T. Dana is temporarily assigned to the command of the SIXTEENTH Army Corps, including the combined Districts of Memphis and Vicksburg. The following is the organization of the corps: First DIVISION, Brigadier General John McArthur commanding, vice Major-General Mower ordered to report to Major-General Sherman; Second DIVISION, Brigadier General C. R. Woods commanding, will constitute the Right Wing, under command of Major General A. J. Smith. THIRD DIVISION, Brigadier General E. S. Dennis commanding; Fourth DIVISION, Brigadier General J. P. Hawkins commanding, will constitute the Left Wing, Major General G. M. Dodge commanding, including also in his command the District of Vicksburg. Major-General Dana will assign all the troops not embraced in the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps, except the cavalry, to one of the several DIVISIONS of the corps; will organize the posts and garrisons, assign competent officers to the command of the same, and make such dispositions as will best promote the efficiency of the corps. Brigadier General Morgan L. Smith will command the post of Vicksburg. Major General C. C. Washburn will command the District of WEST Tennessee. The intent of this order is to insure the complete organization of all the troops in this department on the MISSISSIPPI River, secure competent garrisons, and have at all times at the disposal of the major-general commanding the corps the largest practicable movable force with which to protect the navigation of the river or operate against the enemy toward the east. The cavalry force designed to operate upon the river will be subject to the orders of the corps commander, but will make all returns as required by the chief of cavalry.

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XVI. The Thirty-THIRD Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers will not be understood as transferred to the SIXTEENTH Army Corps be extract XV of Special Orders, Numbers 214, from these headquarters. It is still attached to the Fourth DIVISION, Seventeenth Army Corps, and will report accordingly.

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By order of Major General O. O. Howard:

WM. T. CLARK,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

EAST POINT, September 27, 1864.

Major General C. C. WASHBURN, Memphis:

Send a brigade of at least 1,000 men at once to Eastport, at head of the Tennessee River. Send a picked officer in command, one who will