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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Raleigh, June 27, 1865.Brevet Major-General RUGER,
Greensborough:
Your letter of the 25th only reached me this morning. I am ordered to Washington, and it is important that I reach there before General Schofield leaves. I have to start, therefore, at 5 o'clock to-morrow morning by way of Weldon. Leave is granted to Lieutenant Binney, and will be sent up this afternoon. I telegraphed you yesterday to come down. Mrs. Ruger had better join you here by the Wldon route. It will save two days' travel.
J. D. COX,
Major-General.
GREENSBOROUGH, June 27, 1865.
Major General J. D. COX,
Commanding Department of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.:
I have here at 12 o'clock, and will reach Raleigh before dark.
THOS. H. RUGER,
Brevet Major-General of Volunteers.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS, Numbers 17.
Greensborough, N. C., June 27, 1865.The undersigned, in accordance with General Orders, Numbers 16, from these headquarters, hereby assumes command of the Twenty-third Army Corps during the temporary absence of Brevet Major-General Ruger.
S. P. CARTER,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 23rd ARMY CORPS, Numbers 43.
Greensborough, N. C., June 27, 1865.I. Brigadier General S. P. Carter having been assigned to the command of the Twenty-third Army Corps, Colonel James Stewart, Jr., Ninth New Jersey Volunteers, commanding Second Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, will assume command of the Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps.
By command of Brigadier-General Carter:
L. A. GRATZ,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 103.
Hilton Head, S. C., June 27, 1865.I. The troops that may at any time be serving within a military district, by proper assignment, will constitute a separate brigade, under the exclusive orders of the district commander and authority superior to him.
II. The troops in the District of Charleston are designated as the First Separate Brigade; those in the District of Port Royal are desig-
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