ELLICOTT'S MILLS, July 11, 1864-2. 30 p. m.

(Received 2. 40 p. m.)

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff:

From information just received the bridge over Gunpowder River is burnt. The gun-boat sent up to protect the bridge had no steam up, and permitted the rebels to run a burning train, which they had captured, upon the draw of the bridge.

LEW. WALLACE,

Major-General, Commanding.

GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT. ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 228.
Washington, July 11, 1864.

I. Major General E. O. C. Ord is assigned by the President to the command of the Eighth Army Corps and of all troops in the Middle Department.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 1.
Baltimore, July 11, 1864.

General Orders, Numbers 228, War Department, July 11, 1864, directs that "Major General E. O. C. Ord is assigned by the President to the command of the Eighth Army Corps and of all troops in the Middle Department. " In obedience thereto I assume the command specified above.

EDWARD O. C. ORD,

Major-General of Volunteers.