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The following-named staff officers are hereby announced, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly:

Captain A. T. Mason, One hundred and twenty-THIRD New York Volunteers, acting aide-de-camp.

Captain Eugene F. Weigel, Eighty-second Illinois, acting aide-de- camp. The administrative staff of the corps will remain on duty as heretofore.

A. S. WILLIAMS,

Brigadier-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 20TH CORPS, ARMY OF Georgia, Numbers 124.
Atlanta, Ga., November 11, 1864.

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IV. Colonel Daniel Dustin, One hundred and fifth Illinois Volunteers, is hereby detached from his regiment and assigned for the command of the Second Brigade, THIRD DIVISION, Twentieth Army Corps.

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VI. Brigadier General N. J. Jackson, U. S. Volunteers, having reported at these headquarters in compliance with paragraph II, Special Orders, Numbers 1, headquarters Left Wing, Army of Georgia, dated November 11, 1864, is hereby assigned to the command of the First DIVISION, Twentieth Corps.

By command of Major-General Slocum:

H. W. PERKINS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIRST DIV., 20TH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 31.
Atlanta, Ga., November 11, 1864.

In compliance with the requirements of Special Orders, Numbers 124, paragraph VI, headquarters Twentieth Corps, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the First DIVISION, Twentieth Corps. The following-named staff officers are hereby announced, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly: First Lieutenant E. B. Benedict, Forty-sixth New York Volunteers, aide-de-camp; First Lieutenant George Robinson, One hundred and twenty-THIRD New York Volunteers, will temporarily discharge the duties of assistant adjutant-general of the DIVISION. The administrative staff officers of the DIVISION will remain on duty as heretofore.

N. J. JACKSON,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers.

NASHVILLE, TENN., November 11, 1864-9 p. m.

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff:

Following from General Granger received to-day. If confirms previously reported position of the enemy:

DECATUR, November 11, 1864-10 a. m.

Two men from the Tenth Tennessee, made prisoners at Florence, escaped Saturday night from the enemy. They confirm the reports of the two corps having crossed-one corps still on the south bank. They assert that the enemy is still very badly off for clothing, many being barefooted; but they are expecting clothing by train. They


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