HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, FIFTH CORPS, Near Emmitsburg, July 6, 1863.

Brigadier General S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:

GENERAL: I would respectfully urge that the Second Brigade of my division, now at Alexandria, be ordered to join the division. Its separation was merely temporary, and there are many considerations that render its return desirable. It is over 1, 800 strong, and composed of men who have often me the enemy. Both officers and men ardently desire to join with their comrades in driving the enemy from their soil, and I respectfully solicit the action of the general commanding the Army of the Potomac in securing their return.

Very respectfully, &c.,

S. W. CRAWFORD,

Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS, DEPT. OF THE SUSQUEHANNA,

Numbers 7.
Harrisburg, July 6, 1863.

It has been represented to these headquarters that the militia troops are often found selling United States stores that have been issued to them.

Soldier found guilty of doing so will be rigorously punished. Persons who purchase such stores from them are informed that they will be seized by the United States authorities.

By command of Major General D. N. Couch:

JNO. S. SCHULTZE,

Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE SUSQUEHANNA,

Numbers 26.
Harrisburg, July 6, 1863.

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XIV. Major General F. Sigel, U. S. Volunteers, having been ordered by the Honorable Secretary of War to report to the major-general commanding, for duty, is hereby assigned to the command of all the militia and volunteer forces at Reading, Pa.

By command of Major General D. N. Couch:

JNO. S. SCHULTZE,

Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
CAV. HDQRS., DEPT. OF THE SUSQUEHANNA,

Numbers 2.
July 6, 1863.

I. Major John E. Wynkoop is hereby ordered to take temporary command of the following-named companies of cavalry attached to this command, and will at once establish his headquarters at Carlisle: Luzerne Rangers, Captain H. H. Brown; Harrisburg City Troop, Captain V. B. Hummel; Chester County Troop, Captain J. H. Thorp; Curtin Horse Guards, Captain J. W. Jones; Wissahickon Cavalry, Captain S. W. Comply; Lancaster Troop, Captain C. B. Hebble; Russell Light Cavalry, Captain T. F. Anderson Troop, Captain William