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be, reported as worthy of this distinction be inscribed on a Roll of Honor, to be preserved in the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General for reference in all future time, for those who have deserved well of their country, as having best displayed their courage and devotion on the field of battle.

II. That the Roll of Honor, so far as now made up, be appended to this order and read at the head of every regiment in the service of the Confederate States at the first dress parade after its receipt, and be published in at least one newspaper in each State.

III. The attention of the officers in charge is directed to General Orders, No. 93, Section No. 27, of the series of 1862, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, for the mode of selecting the non-commissioned officers and privates entitled to this distinction, and its execution is enjoined.

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By order:

S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 87. Richmond, Va., December 10, 1864.

I. The following Roll of Honor is published in accordance with Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 131, 1863. It will be read to every regiment in the service at the first dress-parade after its receipt.

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BRISTOE STATION.

Mississippi.

Second Regiment Mississippi Infantry:

Private P. C. Eddings, Company B.

Corpl. J. A. Walding, Company D.

Corpl. A. M. Butler, Company F.

Private F. M. Smith, Company G.

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By order:

S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General.

OCTOBER 10-17, 1863.-Expedition from New Berne to Elizabeth City and Edenton, N. C.

REPORTS.


No. 1.-Major General John J. Peck, U. S. Army, commanding District of North Carolina.


No. 2.-Captain William L. Kent, Twenty-third Massachusetts Infantry.


No. 1. Report of Major General John J. Peck, U. S. Army, commanding District of North Carolina.

NEW BERNE, N. C., October 17, 1863.

GENERAL: The expedition I sent under Colonel Mix to the counties north of the Albemarle was entirely successful. Its arrival at Elizabeth


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