58. Captain Elisha W. Tarlton, Third U. S. Cavalry, will report in person without delay to the commanding general Department of Arkansas for duty, to relieve Captain James E. Harrison, Fifth U. S. Cavalry, in his duties as special inspector of cavalry for that department.

Captain Harrison on being relieved will report in person without delay to Major-General Canby, U. S. Volunteers, for assignment to duty as special inspector of cavalry for the Military Division of West Mississippi.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

W. A. NICHOLS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,

Numbers 14.
New Orleans, La., January 14, 1865.

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3. Captain F. W. Emery, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, is hereby relieved from the operations of Special Orders, Numbers 6, paragraph 3, current series, from these headquarters, and is assigned to duty with the commanding general District of West Florida and South Alabama.

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By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,

Numbers 14.
New Orleans, January 14, 1865.

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8. The four companies at Plaquemine, La., and the six companies at Morganza, La., of the Ninety-ninth U. S. Colored Infantry, will, on the arrival of transportation, proceed to Tortugas, Fla., and will be reported to Brigadier General John Newton, commanding the District of Key West and Tortugas, for orders. The commanding officers at Morganza and of the Defenses of New Orleans will relieve all officers and enlisted men of the Ninety-ninth U. S. Colored Infantry detailed within the limits of their commands. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

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By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

C. S. SARGENT,

First Lieutenant, Second Louisiana Vols., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. General

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, January 14, 1865.

Brigadier General T. W. SHERMAN,

Commanding Defenses of New Orleans:

GENERAL: I desire, for the reasons expressed in Captain Walker's report of special inspection, that the Fifteenth New York Cavalry be removed from the La Fourche District and concentrated either at the