CAPTAIN OF THE STOCKDALE:

Stop where you are until further orders.

GRANGER,

General.

Land your troops at the wharf for to-night immediately.

GRANGER,

General.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1864.

CAPTAIN OF THE STOCKDALE:

Stop.

GRANGER,

General.

Captain DRAYTON,

On the Hartford:

9.30 a. M. - Please send me a tug. One of the transports is aground.

GRANGER,

General.

Captain DRAYTON:

Send me a copy of demand of surrender by the tug.

GRANGER,

General.

Major MARSTON:

4 p. M. - Lieutenant Harris is at Fort Gaines.

DENICKE,

Lieutenant.

Lieutenant DENICKE:

6 p. M. - Have the general send Lieutenant Hallett with telegraph to-morrow.

WALKER,

Captain.

Lieutenant SIZER:

9 p. M. - Take the telegraph train and report with it to General Granger. Lieutenant Harris will relieve Captain Walker at his present station and open communication with his ships. Captain Walker will take the station at Fory Gaines.

MARSTON,

Captain.

Captain WALKER:

9.20. P. M. - You will relieve Lieutenant Sizer at Fort Gaines as soon as Lieutenant Harris relieves you at your station back of Fort Morgan. Lieutenant Sizer will take charge of the telegraph train and establish train and establish a line with the troops.

MARSTON,

Captain.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. F. M. DENICKE,

Second Lieutenant and Acting Signal Officer, Mobile Bay.

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, No. 224.
Near Atlanta, Ga., August 15, 1864.

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III. May. W. H. Sinclair, assistant adjutant-general is relieved from duty with First Division, fourth Army Corps, and will report in person for duty without delay to Major-General Stanley at headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps.

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By command of Major-General Thomas:

W. D. WHIPPLE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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