SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 88.

New Orleans, La., April 6, 1864.

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5. The Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, Colonel Robert Wilson, will be reported to Major General J. J. Reynolds, commanding Defenses of New Orleans, to be disposed of in accordance with existing orders.

6. The Fourth Massachusetts Battery, just arrived from the North, on return from furlough, will be reported to Major General J. J. Reynolds, commanding Defenses of New Orleans, to be equipped for the field, without delay.

By command of Major-General Banks:

RICHD. B. IRWIN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,

Grand Ecore, April 6, 1864.

Major General W. B. FRANKLIN,

Commanding, &c., Natchitoches:

GENERAL: If in any manner practicable please send in, to report to Brigadier General A. J. Smith, wagons sufficient to carry his necessary small-arms ammunition. He will otherwise be very short of ammunition, being able to carry not more than 40 rounds in wagons. He needs at least forty. Please send as many as you can.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CHAS. P. STONE,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.