as assistant inspector-general of the Thirteenth Army Corps, subject to the approval of the President.

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By order of Major General U. S. Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,

Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[24.]

Nashville, July 28, 1863.

Major-General SHERIDAN:

General commanding directs you to hold Bridgeport with a sufficient force to save the remainder of the bridge if possible. General Thomas will send a force to occupy University.*

J. A. GARFIELD,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

[23.]

WINCHESTER, July 28, 1863.

Colonel LAIBOLDT:

I want you to be exceedingly careful in your advance on Bridgeport to-morrow morning. Send the cavalry well in your advance and on your right flank. Let your topographical engineer make an accurate sketch of the country and report the result of your reconnaissance. Do not let the enemy draw you into any trap.

P. H. SHERIDAN,

Major-General, Commanding.

[23.]

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE, Numbers 204.
Vicksburg, Miss., July 28, 1863.

1. Major General C. C. Washburn, U. S. Volunteers, will report in person to Major General E. O. C. Ord, commanding Thirteenth Army Corps, for duty.

2. The Fourth Division of the Sixteenth Army Corps is hereby transferred to and will hereafter constitute a part of the Thirteenth Army Corps, and will report accordingly.

3. The division commanded by Brigadier General W. S. Smith, and known as the First Division of the Sixteenth Army Corps, is hereby transferred to and will hereafter constitute a part of the Fifteenth Army Corps.

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By order of Major General U. S. Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[24.]

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, Numbers 284.
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 29, 1863.

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10. Brigadier General Julius White is hereby relieved from the command of the District of Eastern Kentucky, and will report without delay to

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*See also Sheridan to Rosecrans, VOL. XXIII, Part II, p. 564.

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