present, who will report to General T. G. Stevenson, commanding U. S. forces on the Edisto, for orders.

By command of Major General D. Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,

Lieutenant Colonel and Asst. Adjt. General, Tenth Army Corps, Dept. of the South.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 247.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., May 2, 1863.

The steamer transport Boston will immediately proceed to Saint Augustine, Fla., where the captain will report his vessel to Colonel Putnam. Colonel Putnam, commanding Saint Augustine, will immediately place five companies of the Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers on board the Boston, and send them to report to Colonel Hawley, commanding Fernandina. Colonel Hawley, on receivingthe five companies Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, will immediately embark five companies of the Seventh Regiment Connecticut Volunteers on board the Boston, and will send them under a reliable officer to report to Colonel Putnam, commanding Saint Augustine. On the arrival of the five companies Seventh Connecticut Volunteers at Saint Augustine, Colonel Putnam will turn over the command of that post to the officer commanding detachment of Seventh Connecticut Regiment, and will, with the remaining five companies of the Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, proceed to Fernandina, where he will relieave Colonel Joseph R. Hawley, commanding post. Colonel Hawley, on being relieved, will embark the remaining five companies of the Seventh Connecticut Volunteers on board the Boston and proceed with them to Saint Augustine, where he will assume command. Immediately on the receipt of these orders Colonel Hawley will relieve Lieutenant-Colonel Gardiner, Seventh Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, from duty with his regiment and order him to report to Brigadier General A. H. Terry, commanding post Hilton Head, for further disposition. The chief quartermaster of department will see that the transportation requisite for the execution of this order is immediately furnished.

By command of Major General D. Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Lieutenant Colonel and Asst. Adjt. General, Tenth Army Corps, Dept. of the South.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 250.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., May 2, 1863.

Colonel Guss, Ninety-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with his regiment and will proceed to Botany Bay Island, of which he will assume command, reporting to General T. G. Stevenson, commanding U. S. forces on the Edisto, for orders.

By command of Major General D. Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Lieutenant Colonel and Asst. Adjt. General, Tenth Army Corps, Dept. of the South.

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