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command of the post, relieving Colonel Good, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers.

II. Colonel Good on being relieved of his command will immediately take the first transportation available for bringing him to these headquarters, together with the six companies of the Forty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers now under his command in Key West.

III. Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, will remain in command of Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, Fla., retaining the four companies of the Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers now under his command.

By command of Major General D. Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Tenth Army Corps.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 62.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., February 9, 1863.

Colonel Good, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, will proceed to Beaufort, S. C., with the six companies of his regiment, and on arriving there will, as senior officer, assume command of the post of Port Royal Island.

By command of Major General D. Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Tenth Army Corps.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 79.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., February 13, 1863.

I. The Forty-seventh New York Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel George B. Van Brunt, will proceed to the mouth of the Ogeechee without delay. The commanding officer will report to these headquarters for further instructions. * * *

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By command of Major General David Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Tenth Army Corps.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 87.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., February 16, 1863.

I. In view of future operations, Brigadier General Henry M. Naglee, commanding U. S. forces, Saint Helena Island, S. C., will cause the division commanded by Brigadier General O. S. ferry to be immediately embarked and transported to Daufuskie Island, where they will establish a camp, General O. S. Ferry becoming post commander of Daufuskie Island, and hereafter reporting direct to these headquarters.

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By command of Major General D. Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Tenth Army Corps.

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