WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, September 22, 1864.

JOHN W. GARRETT, Esq.,

Baltimore:

Be ready to move troops forward to Winchester immediately-8,000 to 10,000.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE SUSQUEHANA, No. 223. Chambersburg, Pa., September 22, 1864.

1. Colonel F. Asbury Awl, Two hundred and first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, is hereby placed in command of all the U. S. troops encamped near Back Creek.

2. Colonel F. Asbury Awl, Two hundred and first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, commanding U. S. troops near Back Creek, will march his entire command on the morning of the 23rd instant for practice.

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5. Captain Bruce Lambert, Independent Mounted Company 100-days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, will assume command of the U. S. troops in Columbia County, Pa.

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By command of Major-General Couch:

JNO. S. SCHULTZE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANA,

Chambersburg, Pa., September 22, 1864.

Colonel F. ASBURY, AWL,

201st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers:

COLONEL: The commanding general directs that in carrying out the instructions contained in paragraphs 1 and 2, Special Orders, No. 223, headquarters Department of the Susquehana, of this date, you will march your command as follows: From your present camp to Loudon; from thence to Cove Gap; from thence to Camp Hill, via Mercersburg and Shimpstown; from Camp Hill to Upton; from thence to Greencastle; from thence to Marchel Roads, three miles below Chambersburg; and from there direct to your present places of encampment. The strictest discipline will be observed in the march, all officers to be with their regiments and companies. No straggling must be allowed. Camp guards will be established before the troops stack arms on arriving in camp. No officer will be permitted to leave camp or their commands without proper authority from the commanding officer of the troops. The march will be an easy one, with frequent halts, and should be accomplished in four days.

I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. S. SCHULTZE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.