MARTINSBURG, September 27, 1864. (Received 6.25 p. m.)

Major R. WILLIAMS,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Please send me a good assistant adjutant-general. Depot for Sheridan's army is here. I am in command.

THOS. H. NEILL,

Brigadier-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA, No. 180. Harrisonburg, Va., September 27, 1864.

1. Brigadier General J. A. J. Lightburn, U. S. Volunteers, having reported at these headquarters in obedience to orders from the headquarters of the Armies of the United States, will proceed to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and there await further orders.

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By order of Brevet Major-General Crook:

P. G. BIER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA, Cumberland, Md., September 27, 1864.

Major CHARLES G. OTIS,

Commanding Twenty-first New York Cavalry:

SIR: You will please order from your regiment one squadron of men, mounted and equipped, to go to Clarksburg, W. Va. This squadron will include, if possible, all the men mounted, armed, and equipped in your command. The men will be provided with two day's rations and sixty rounds of ammunition per man (including pistol and carbine) and one day's forage for horses. They will be in readiness to move immediately, and will take the cars for Clarsburg, W. Va. Upon arriving at that point the commanding officer of the detachment will report for instructions to Colonel Wilkinsson, commanding at that place. The squadron commander will immediately report to these headquarters for further instructions.

By command of Colonel John E. Wynkoop, commanding First Cavalry Division of West Virginia:

E. W. CLARK, JR.,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

CUMBERLAND, September 27, 1864-10 p. m.

Governor BOREMAN,

Wheeling:

Colonel Wilkinson reports Weston and Buckhannon both in the possession of the rebels, and a force of 1,500 near Philippi. I have stopped the Seventeenth at Grafton, but the colonel advised me he left Wheeling without ammunition. Will send some by morning train. I have sent all the force I can raise, which is very small, being left with this extended command almost without troops. I fear for the worst results.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brevet Major-General.