GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 10.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., May 9, 1862.

The following communication from the Secretary of War is published to the troops in this department:

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., April 30, 1862.

Major General D. HUNTER,

Commanding Department of the South:

GENERAL: Your dispatches relating to the capture of Fort Pulaski were duly received, and the congratulations and thanks of the Government are tendred to you and the forces under your command for that brilliant achievement.

Yours, truly,

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

By command of Major General D. Hunter:

ED. W. SMITH,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

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GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 14.
Stono River, S. C., June 10, 1862.

The major-general commanding cannot refrain from expressing his admiration of the noble conduct of the naval officers on duty in the Stono in support of the recent military operations in that vicinity. Ever ready, and ever prompt, they have rendered invaluable services to the army. Captain Drayton, the commander of the squadron, by his manly, frank, and cordial co-operation, has won golden opinions from all the army officers who have had the pleasure of witnesseing his operations.

D. HUNTER,

Major-General, Commanding.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 123.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., June 21, 1862.

Brigadier General H. W. Benham will proceed immediately to the city of New York, from which point he will report by letter to the Adjutant-General of the Army.

By command of Major General D. Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, SAVANNAH RIVER,
Foert Pulaski, June 29, 1862.

Major HALPINE,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

MAJOR: I have the honor to report that about noon to-day the enemy landed a small force on Jones and Bird Islands, in the Savannah River, and burned the houses, lookouts, &c., at our late batteries on those islands. The enemy also sent two small boats containing men to Turtle Island, opposite the fort, where we had commenced the erection of a