GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 16.
New Orleans, February 28, 1865.

Colonel F. A. Starring, Seventy-second Illinois Volunteers, assistant provost-marshal-general, is hereby announced as provost-marshal-general, Department of the Gulf. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

GEORGE B. DRAKE,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 56.
New Orleans, February 28, 1865.

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3. Bayou Plaquemine and Grand River is established as the boundary line of the Northern and Southern Divisions of Louisiana, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

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9. The five companies Sixty-first U. S. Colored Infantry, now on steamer Autocrat, will proceed to Morganza and rejoin the other companies of the regiment, reporting at Baton Rouge for orders to Major General F. J. Herron. The Forty-sixth U. S. Colored Infantry, now here, will report to Brigadier-General Sherman. The transportation and baggage of the Thirty-fifth and Sixty-first U. S. Colored Infantry will be stopped at Morganza.

By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

J. C. STONE,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,

New Orleans, February 28, 1865.

Major General F. J. HERRON;

Four regiments of colored troops are expected to arrive at Morganza. You can retain two or three there, sending the balance here.

By order of Major-General Hurlbut:

GEO. B. DRAKE,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, La., February 28, 1865.

Major-General HERRON:

The general wishes to know if you desire three regiments to stop at Morganza. If you need three there, he will send back the five companies, otherwise let the five companies of the Sixty-first come down.

By order of Major-General Hurlbut:

GEO. B. DRAKE,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.