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Ohio to the Cavalry corps, and the commanding officer will report to Brevet Major-General Kilpatrick, commanding Third Division, Cavalry Corps, for assignment to duty.

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By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:

L. M. DAYTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. AND ARMY OF THE TENN., Numbers 33.
Beaufort, S. C., April 1, 1865.

Pursuant to instructions from the major-general commanding the established headquarters of this department and army will, to-morrow, the 2nd instant, remove, via Wilmington, to New Berne, N. C., where all mail and official matter will be sent. The reserve headquarters of the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps, together with the several detachments of this army and surplus baggage, &c., left at this point at the commencement of the present campaign, will also be removed to the same point. The screw steamer Tonawanda has been furnshed by the quartermaster's department for this purpose, and the embaraktion will be commenced without delay at pier Numbers 2, under further directions from these headquarters.

By order of Major General O. O. Howard:

SAML. L. TAGGART,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, Numbers 78.
Goldsborough, N. C., April 1, 1865.

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IV. Major Fred. Welker, First Missouri Artillery, is hereby assigned to duty as chief of artillery, Seventeenth Army Corps, and will report to Major General F. P. Blair, commanding.

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VI. Captain J. M. McClintock, acting signal officer, is hereby relieved from duty as these headquarters and assigned to duty with the Seventeenth Corps, and will report accordingly to Major General F. . Blair.

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By order of Major General O. O. Howard:

A. M. VAN DYKE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ARTILLERY, 15TH ARMY CORPS,

Goldsborough, N. C., April 1, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel MAX WOODHULL,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Fifteenth Army Corps:

COLONEL: In compliance with circular from your office, I have the honor to report that during the past week I have made daily visits to the several batteries in my command, ascertaining their wants, and using all endeavors in my power to supply the same. I find the command mainly deficient in animals and clothing for the men. The estimates from the batteries for clothing have been only in small part


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