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995 Series I Volume LI-I Serial 107 - Supplements Part I

Page 995 Chapter LXIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.

11. Major General Julius Stahel will establish his cavalry reserves and his own headquarters at Fairfax Station, and will make the necessary dispositions to cover with his forces the whole front from the Occoquan along Bull Run to the mouth of Goose Creek.

12. Commanders of divisions and separate brigades south of the Potomac will apply to Major-General Stahel, commanding cavalry division, for orderlies and mounted men necessary for their headquarters.

13. Colonel Percy Windham is relieved from duty in this department and will join his command in the Army of the Potomac. The major-general commanding seizes this occasion to express his high appreciation of the energy, gallantry, and devotion to the service of Colonel Wyndham, and to thank him for his services while in command of a cavalry brigade in this department.

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By command of Major-General Heinzelman:

CARROLL H. POTTER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Numbers 80.
Camp near Falmouth, March 23, 1863.

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5. Brigadier General Charles K. Graham, volunteer service, will report for duty with Birney's division, Third Corps.

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By command of Major-General Hooker:

S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS, Numbers 76.
March 24, 1863.

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8. Commanding officer of First Division will detail 200 men, with a complement of officers from the Fourth Brigade, to proceed under the command of Colonel Fairchild, Second Wisconsin Volunteers, on an expedition (with two days' cooked rations and three days' small rations and bread, the latter to be sent to the landing in wagons; greatcoats, blankets, and haversacks) to be ready to move at 4 p. m. on the 25th instant. Colonel Fairchild will report at headquarters First Division at 10 a. m. to-morrow for orders.

By command of Brigadier-General Wadsworth:

T. E. ELLSWORTH,
Captain and Aide-de-Camp.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS, Numbers 77.
March 25, 1863.

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5. Brigadier General Lysander Cutler, volunteer service, having reported for duty to these headquarters, will report to the commanding officer of First Division for assignment.

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By command of Major-General Reynolds:

C. KINGSBURY, Jr.,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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