SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 23rd ARMY CORPS, No. 57.
Raleigh, N. C., May 1, 1865.

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II. Bvt. Brigadier General S. W. Schofield having reported at these headquarters, in compliance with Special Orders, No. 23, paragraph II, current series, headquarters Twenty-third Army Corps, is hereby assigned to the command of the Second Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps.

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By command of Brigadier-General Carter:

L. A. GRATZ,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, TENTH ARMY CORPS, Goldsborough, N. C., May 1, 1865.

Major ADRIAN TERRY,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Tenth Army Corps:

MAJOR: I have the honor to report for the information of the major-general commanding, that in obedience to Special Orders, No. 10, April 28, 1865, I marched from my camp near Raleigh, at 7 a. m. April 29, and reached the Neuse River at Smithfield at 8. 30 a. m. the following day, and commenced fording the river at that point; owing to the steep banks of the river and the poor condition of the animals of the train, the crossing occupioed until 4 o'clock of the afternoon of the 30th. I reached Goldsborough at 3 o'clock this p. m., and have relieved the troops of General Birge's division stationed here and in this vicinity. I relieved detachments of General Birge's division at the railroad bridge over the Neuse at Smithfield Station and at Boon Hill, on the march down. Hinton's Bridge, above Smithfield, was reported carried away, and the pontoon bridge at Smitfield had been taken up on my arrival.

I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. J. PAINE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

KEY WEST, May 1, 1865.

Major-General GILLMORE,

Commanding Department of the South:

GENERAL: Your dispatch has been received, and Admiral Stribling has been notified. Everything has been or will be done in our power to effect the object. Lieutenant James goes back at 2 a. m. on the 2nd.

Very truly, yours,

JOHN NEWTON,

Brigadier-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, No. 53.
Hilton Head, S. C., May 1, 1865.

Hereafter no private buildings, except such as are bandoned or confiscable will be used for military or Government purposes within his department. It is believed that there are at all the military post sufficient

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