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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 25.
Hilton Head, S. C. January 29, 1865.

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II. The Thirty-fourth U. S. Colored Troops, now serving with the Coast Division, will proceed to Florida and report to Brigadier General E. P. Scammon immediately on the receipt hereof. * * *

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By command of Major General J. G. Foster:

THORNDIKE D. HODGES,
Captain, Thirty-fifth U. S. Colored Troops, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 130.
Hilton Head, S. C., May 21, 1865.

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III. Bvt. Colonel H. D. Wallen, commanding Seventh U. S. Infantry, is hereby ordered to proceed with his command to Jacksonville, Fla., reporting there to Brigadier General I. Vogdes, commanding district. * * *

By command of Major General Q. A. Gillmore:

T. D. HODGES,

Captain, Thirty-fifth U. S. Colored Troops, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 149.
Hilton Head, S. C., June 8, 1865.

I. At his own request Bvt. Major General C. Gover is relieved from duty in the Department of the South. He will proceed to his place of residence and report thence by letter to the Adjutant-General of the Army. The members of his personal staff have permission to accompany him, and will also report by letter to the Adjutant-General of the Army.

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By command of Major General Q. A. Gillmore:

W. L. M. BURGER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 164.
Hilton Head, S. C., June 23, 1865.

The State of South Carolina is hereby divided into four military district, as follows:

First. The Military District of Eastern South Carolina, comprising the district of Horry, Gerogetown, Marion, Willamsburg, Marlborough, Darlington, Sumter, Kershaw, and Chesterfied. Brigadier-General Beal is assigned to the command of the district, with his headquarters at Florence. His force will comprise his own brigade and a battalion of cavalry, to be designated by Bvt. Major General J. P. Hatch. He will establish a depot of supplies on the Santee River at the crossing of the Northeastern Railroad.

Second. The Military District of Charleston, comprising the districts of Charleston, Colleton, Orangeburg, Lexington, Barnwell, and Richland. Bvt. Major General J. P. Hatch is assigned to the command of this district, with headquarters at Charleston.


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