CAVALRY HEADQUARTERS,

Petersburg, Va., May 9, 1865.

Major B. F. TUCKER,

Commanding Cavalry Depot:

MAJOR: I am directed by the major-general commanding to inform you this command will move to-morrow at 6 a.m., with the exception of the Third Brigade, Second Division Cavalry, General Smith commanding, which will remain at Petersburg. You will remain in your present camp until further orders, and will report to General Smith.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. C. WEIR,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

RICHMOND, May 9, 1865.

General G. H. GORDON,

Norfolk, Va.:

It is useless to send liquor permits to my headquarters; I shall not permit its introduction into Richmond at present. Commanders of other posts can exercise their down discretion about its admission. The orders of the President authorize you to exclude it.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General, Commanding.

NORFOLK, May 9, 1865.

General LUDLOW:

Relieve the colored troops at Newport News immediately by white troops and send the colored troops to City Point to report to Major General G. Weitzel, commanding Twenty-fifth Army Corps. Acknowledge receipt of this and execution of order.

GEO. H. GORDON,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
May 9, 1865.

Brevet Major-General EMORY,

Commanding, Cumberland, Md.:

Major-General Hancock directs that you send a company of infantry to Hancock, Md., and one to the vicinity from the incursions of guerrilla parties or horse thieves.

C. H. MORGAN,

Brevet Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPT. OF WASHINGTON, TWENTY-SECOND ARMY CORPS, No. 61.
May 9, 1865.

Under the provisions of General Orders, No. 251, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, August 31, 1864, the troops serving in the Military District of the Patuxent are hereby announced as a separate

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