SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 1ST DIV., MIL. DIST. OF KENTUCKY,

No. 136. Lexington, Ky., November 22, 1864.

I. The following regiments will proceed to Louisville, Ky., without delay; quartermaster's department will furnish transportation for regimental baggage and private horses of field and staff: Thirty-fifth Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, Thirty-seventh Kentucky Infantry Volunteers.

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By command of Brigadier General N. C. McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, KY., November 22, 1864.

COMMANDING OFFICER,

Lebanon, Ky.:

Send orders to Major Martin, at Bardstown, Ky., commanding two companies Thirty-seventh Kentucky, that he must move immediately to Crab Orchard with all his command.

By order of Briagadier-General McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, KY., November 22, 1864.

Colonel JOHNSON,

Fifty-third Kentucky, Paris, Ky.:

Order three companies of Fifty-third Kentucky, fully armed and equipped for field service, to report here immediately to Colonel Stanhope. Transportation will be furnished on railroad. The men, with their officers, must be ready so as to start the moment the cars arrive. Be sure to have the bridges guarded by the rest of the regiment.

By order of Brigadier-General McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, November 22, 1864.

Colonel W. C. JOHNSON,

Fifty-third Kentucky, Paris, Ky.:

You must relieve three companies and obey the orders promptly. Make the bridge guards smaller, if necessary.

By order of Brigadier-General McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXTINGTON, November 22, 1864.

Colonel JOHNSON,

Paris, Ky.:

Certainly; the train must go and gather up the scattered men. Be sure and not let the bridges be entirely unguarded. Distribute the remainder of regiment to protect bridges.

By order of Brigadier-General McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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