27. Major J. W. Abert, Corps of Engineers, is hereby relieved from duty in the Department of the South, and will report in person without delay, at Major-General Canby's headquarters, via New Orleans, for assignment to duty.

28. First Lieutenant A. H. Hogate, Corps of Engineers, is hereby relieved from duty at the Dry Tortugas, Department of the Gulf, and will report in person, without delay, at Major- General Canby's headquarters, via New Orleans, for assignment to duty.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 7. Month of Red River, La., May 14, 1864.

Colonel Charles Black, commanding Thirty-seventh Illinois Veteran Volunteers, will remain at Natchez with his command until further order, reporting to Brigadier-General Tuttle, who will report the fact of his detention to the Department of the Gulf.

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

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Major, Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 9. Month of Red River, La., May 14, 1864.

The commanding officer at Natchez, Miss., will send forward at once to the mouth of the Red River, to report at these headquarters, the Thirty-seventh Regiment Illinois, Veterans Volunteers, together with all other troops than can be safely spared from his command, with twenty day's rations. and equipped for light service.

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

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Major, Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 10. Mouth of Red River, La., May 14, 1864.

1. The commanding officer of the District of Vicksburg will send forward as soon as possible, to the mouth of the Red River, all transports arriving containing troops, together with all troops that can be spared from his command with safety, to report to these headquarters.

2. He will also direct all officers ordered to report to Major-General Canby to proceed at once to the mouth of Red River.

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

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Major, Assistant Adjutant-General.