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Page 340 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. Chapter LIX.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 108.
Raleigh, N. C., April 28, 1865.

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IX. The movement to-morrow will be to the other side of the Neuse River. The bridge train will have the advance and will move out on the road designated by the chif engineer at 7 a. m. The Fourth Division, Bvt. Major General G. A. Smith commanding, will move forward at 8 a. m. The Third Division, Bvt. Major General M. D. Leggett commanding, will follow the Fourth Division. The First Division, Brigadier General M. F. Force commanding, will follow the Third Division. The camp will be designated by Lieutenant Colonel A. Hickenlooper, assistant inspector-general. The Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry will remain in their present camp until Sunday.

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By command of Major General F. P. Blair:

C. CADLE, JR.,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 17TH ARMY CORPS,

Near Raleigh, N. C., April 28, 1865.

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V. This command will be ready to march at 7 a. m. to-morrow in the following order: First, First Brigade; second, Fifteenth Ohio Battery; third, Second Brigade; fourth, transportation. The ambulances will follow the brigades to which they are attached.

By order of Bvt. Major General M. D. Leggett:

WM. H. HESSIN,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FOURTH DIV., 17TH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 56.
Near Raleigh, N. C., April 28, 1865.

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III. In accordance with instructions received from headquarters Seventeenth Army Corps, the following changes are made in the organization of this division: The Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, Colonel Cyrus Hall, and the Fifteenth Illinois Infantry, Colonel George C. Rogers, are hereby detached from Brigadier General B. F. Potts' (First) brigade.

IV. The Thirty-second Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel George H. English, is hereby detached from Brigadier General W. W. Belknap's (Third) brigade.

V. The Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, Colonel Cyrus Hall, the Fifteenth Illinois, Infantry, Colonel George C. Rogers, the Thirty-second Illinois Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel George H. English, will constitute and be designated the Second Brigade of this (Fourth) division.

VI. Brigadier General Charles J. Stolbrand, having, in accordance with Special Field Orders, Numbers 107, extract II, headquarters Seventeenth Army Corps, reported to me for duty, is assigned to the command of the Second Brigade.

By order of Bvt. Major General Giles A. Smith:

AD. WARE, JR.,
Assistant Adjutant-General.


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