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ments composing it are assigned as follows: The Eighth and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers to the Second Brigade, Second Division; the Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteers to the Second Division;the Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteers to the Third Brigade, Second Division.
Brevet Major General C. Grover, commanding Second Division, is charged with the execution of this order.
By command of Brevet Major-General Emory:
PETER FRENCH,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, December 31, 1864.Brigadier-General STEVENSON,
Commanding:Has Devin's brigade of cavalry reached Harper's Ferry yet?
P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major-General.
HARPER'S FERRY, December 31, 1864.
Major-General SHERIDAN:
Devin has not arrived. Heavy snow-storm here this morning.
Respectfully,
JNO. D. STEVENSON,
Brigadier-General.
HARPER'S FERRY, December 31, 1864.
Major-General SHERIDAN:
I have just learned Devin's command is coming into the Ferry.
Respectfully,
JNO. D. STEVENSON,
Brigadier-General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DISTRICT OF HARPER'S FERRY, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., December 31, 1864.Major C. L. LEIPER,
Commanding Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry:
MAJOR: The picket guard on the Potomac River the general commanding desires to be stationed so as to intercept deserters from our army crossing the river; also, to suppress, if possible, contraband trade. To this end he desires a picket at the main crossings between Harpers' Ferry and Hancock, and the river patrolled between the pickets and patrols to be instructed that they are not to interfere with citizens in their lawful pursuits, nor are they to interfere with a free transit from one side of the river to the other by citizens in their ordinary business. All persons having passes from Major-General Sheridan, Brigadier-General Stevenson, or Brigadier-General Seward are to be permitted to pass pickets ar all times. Where citizens live north of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad they are permitted to purchase goods and family supplies for their own use, without reference to existing military orders; when they reside south of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad they must have their goods permitted by a Treasury agent, and also by either Brigadier-General Stevenson, commanding Military District of Harper's Ferry, or Brigadier-General Seward, commanding
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