and men who are absent from their commands without proper authority, approved by DIVISION commander, and will take possession of their horses and arms, and report with them at General Forrest's headquarters at Tupelo, within fifteen days.

By order of Brigadier-General Chalmers:

W. A. GOODMAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

MERIDIAN, MISS., June 23, 1864.

Brigadier-General ADAMS,

Jackson:

The cipher order of yesterday suspended. Send me in cipher your available force in front of Vicksburg and further information as to where troops at Vicksburg came from.

S. D. LEE,

Major-General.

JUNE 23, 1864.

COMMANDING OFFICER,

Blue Mountain, Ala.:

Keep scouts well out toward Rome, and keep me well posted as regards movements of the enemy.

S. D. LEE,

Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Richmond, June 24, 1864.

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XXIII. The Twenty-fifth Georgia Battalion (provost guard), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel G. W. Lee, is disbanded. The men liable to conscription will be turned over to the nearest enrolling officer, and those liable to enrollment in the reserve force will be turned over to Major General Howell Cobb, commanding reserves.

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By command of the Secretary of War:

SAML. W. MELTON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WESTER VA. AND EAST TENN., Abingdon, Va., June 24, 1864.

Colonel H. L. GILTNER,

Commanding Morgan's DIVISION:

COLONEL: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you will order the Second Brigade of Morgan's DIVISION to move at once from Liberty Hill and rendezvous in Rich Valley, Washington Country, Va. Very respectfully,

J. L. SANDFORD,

Assistant Adjutant-General.