722 Series I Volume XLIII-II Serial 91 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign Part II
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HARPER'S FERRY, December 1, 1864.
General LIGHTBURN:
As soon as Colonel Rust's brigade returns General Sheridan directs that the brigade of the Nineteenth Corps be ordered to the front at once.
JOHN D. STEVENSON,
Brigadier-General.
CUMBERLAND, December 1, 1864.
Brigadier-General LIGHTBURN,
Martinsburg:
Colonel Rust's command is at New Creek. Cannot be relieved until I have other troops sent me. The paymaster had better come up and pay them.
B. F. KELLEY,
Brevet Major-General.
CULBERLAND, December 1, 1864.
Major-General CROOK,
Kernstown, Va.:
The First West Virginia has not been organized into companies of maximum strength. Is it intended to have it so organized? Until it is so done the new officers cannot be mustered.
ROBT. P. KENNEDY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA, No. 227. Camp Russell, Va., December 1, 1864.1. The reorganized battalions of the First and Fourth Regiments West Virginia Volunteers are hereby consolidated into one regiment, and will be known as the Second West Virginia Veteran Volunteers, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
2. The reorganized battalions of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments West Virginia Cavalry are hereby consolidated into one regiment, the consolidated force to bear the name of the latter organization, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
3. Batteries B and E, First West Virginia Artillery, are hereby consolidated into me battery, and will be known as Battery E, First West Virginia Artillery, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
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By command of Major-General Crook:
WM. McKINLEY, JR.,
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,Winchester, December 1, 1864.
General KELLEY:
Send to two Maine regiments back to Martinsburg immediately, and telegraph their departure. Did you receive the two dispatches from General Sheridan relative to a report of the New Creek affair?
By order Major-General Sheridan:
JAS. W. FORSYTH,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff.
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