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1308 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III

Page 1308 N. AND SE.VA., W.VA.,MD., AND PA. Chapter LVIII.

GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS, No. 20. June 30, 1865.

I. The several orders from headquarters Army of the Potomac, relative to the mustering out of troops, having been fully complied with, the following organization of the remaining troops of the Sixth Corps constituting the First Division of the Provisional Corps formed in pursuance of General Orders, No. 35, current series, headquarters Army of the Potomac, is announced, with commanders and staff officers as designated in that order:

First Brigade: Second New Jersey Volunteers, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers.

Second Brigade: Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Third Brigade: Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers, Second Rhode Island Volunteers, Second Vermont Volunteers, Third Vermont Volunteers, Fourth Vermont Volunteers.

Commanding officers of regiments will report without delay to their respective brigade commanders, and the latter to Brevet Major-General Getty, commanding the division.

II. Under authority from headquarters Army of the Potomac, Major George Clendenin, jr., assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, is assigned to duty with the Second Brigade, and Captain M. Barber, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, to the Third Brigade, in place of their assignments as announced in General Orders, No. 35, headquarters Army of the Potomac.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. MILITARY DIV. OF THE JAMES, No. 12. Richmond, Va., June 30, 1865.

I. In compliance with the orders of the War Department, the undersigned hereby relinquishes command of the Military Division of the James.

II. The commanding officers of the Departments of Virginia and North Carolina will, till further orders, report directly to the Adjutant-General at Washington.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 24TH ARMY CORPS, No. 135. Manchester, Va., June 30, 1865.

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IV. Colonel J. N. Patterson, Second New Hampshire Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with his regiment and will at once assume command of the Second Brigade of this division.

By order of the Brevet Major-General Devens:

GEO. W. HOOKER,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.


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