SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 143.
Washington, March 24, 1865.

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63. By direction of the President, Bvt. Major Peter S. Michie, first lieutenant, U. S. Engineers, is hereby assigned to duty as assistant inspector-general of the Twenty-fifth Army Corps, with the rank and pay of lieutenant-colonel, under act of July 17, 1862, to date from March 23, 1865.

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75. The organizations in the Department of Washington known as the Provisional Brigades, under command of Major-General Casey, U. S. Volunteers, will be discontinued. The officers and enlisted men attached thereto will be sent to their proper commands, under the direction of the department commander.

This order will not relieve Major-General Casey from duty as president of the examining boards.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, Numbers 59.
City Point, Va., March 24, 1865.

The following-named officers are by authority of the Secretary of War assigned to duty with their brevet rank, and will report to Major General E. O. C. Ord, commanding Department of Virginia, for orders: Bvt. Major General August V. Kautz, U. S. Volunteers; Bvt. Major General W. Turner, U. S. Volunteers.

By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865-10.20 a. m.

Colonel GEORGE D. RUGGLES,
Assistant Adjutant-General:

Eight deserters from Heth's division came in last night.

N. A. MILES,

Brevet Major-General, Commanding.

PICKET-LINE, March 24, 1865.

General McALLISTER:

GENERAL: While on the left making connections switch General Smyth the enemy charged the line across the field in strong force and forced it back, and now occupy their old picket-line. My men are occupying the lines taken by Captain Holmes this morning. I do not think any men were captured.

Very respectfully,your obedient servant,

JOHN SCHOONOVER,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding.