773 Series I Volume XLIII-II Serial 91 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign Part II
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HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON, 22ND ARMY CORPS,
Washington, D. C., December 10, 1864.Major-General SHERIDAN,
Commanding Middle Military Division:
I have seen the refugees. There is no real foundation for the rumor of the two brigades of infantry. A deserter from Lee's cavalry in the Valley says that Lomax's division of cavalry was in the vicinity of Little Washington, gathering tithes of the corps. No considerable force was found this side.
C. C. AUGUR,
Major-General.
FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE, December 10, 1864.
(Received 7.55 p. m.)
Major-General AUGUR:
A squadron of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry has just returned on a scout from near Gainesville, and has seen nothing of the enemy but a few guerrilla scouts, usually found through this part of the country at all times.
W. GAMBLE,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIRST SEPARATE BRIGADE, No. 5.
Fairfax Court-House, Va., December 10, 1864.The following officers compose the staff of this brigade, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly:
Captain Charles I. Wickersham, assistant adjutant-general and chief of staff; Surg. A. Hard, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, surgeon-in-chief; Major J. M. Waite, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, acting assistant inspector-general; Captain H. C. Lawrence, assistant quartermaster, brigade quartermaster; First. Lieutenant George R. Maguire, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, aide-de-camp and provost-marshal; First Lieutenant A. H. Sellers, Fifth Pennsylvania Artillery, acting ordnance officer; First Lieutenant Charles F. Moore, Sixteenth New York Cavalry, aide-de-camp; Second Lieutenant H. A. Pearsons, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, aide-de-camp.
WM. GAMBLE,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS, No. 17.
Camp Russell, December 10, 1864.I. The One hundred and fifty-ninth Regiment New York Volunteers is hereby authorized to inscribe upon its colors the name "Mansura," in which action it bore a distinguished part.
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By command of Brevet Major-General Grover:
PETER FRENCH,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
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