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master of the Military Division of West Mississippi, will be turned over to the supervising special agent of the ninth Treasury district. Copies of the inventories bills of lading, and other papers that relate to any shipments that may have been made to New York will also be turned over to that agent.
By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby;
ALFRED FREDBERG,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
New Orleans, May 28, 1865. (Received 6.05 p.m. 29th.0SECRETARY OF WAR,
Washington, D. C.:
I have the honor to report that the rebel Governor Clark, of Mississippi, is now in the custody of the commanding officer at Macon, Miss., where he will remain subject to your further orders.
E. R. S. CANBY,
Major-General, Commanding.
NEW ORLEANS, May 28, 1865.
(Received 29th.)
Major General G. GRANGER, Mobile:
General Smith has been directed to send a brigade of 2,000 men from Montgomery to Mobile for garrison duty. If he has no water transportation on hand, he is ordered to send the troops by land across the bend of the Alabama to Portland or Bridgeport and notify the quartermaster at Mobile, so that boats may be sent to meet them.
E. R. S CANBY,
Major-General.
HDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
Mobile, Ala., May 28, 1865.Brigadier General A. ASBOTH,
Commanding District of West Florida, Barrancas, Fla.:
The steamer George Peabody,having on board the Eighty-second U. S. Colored, will start this morning for Barrancas, Fla. This includes all the troops destined for the new post at Apalachicola, and the major-general commanding instructs me to request that you will be pleased to use your exertion to expedite this movement as much as possible, as the steamers are very much needed, especially the steamer George Peabody.
I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ALFRED FREDBERG,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
Mobile, Ala., May 28, 1865.Brigadier General A. ASBOTH,
Commanding District of West Florida, Barrancas, Fla.:
GENERAL; I am instructed by the major-general commanding to inform you that the Second Maine Cavalry has been ordered for the
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