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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., March 18th, 1864.
General Orders, 1
No. 1. )
I The undersigned hereby assumes command of the
Military Division of the Mississippi, embracing the Depart¬
ments of the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee and Arkansas.
Headquarters in the Field, with an office at Nashville, Ten¬
nessee, where all returns and reports will be addressed.
II Major It. M. Sawykr, A. A. Gen'l, is announced
as Adjutant General of the Military Division, to whom reports
will be addressed. The Staff for the Division will be selected
and duly announced in orders.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
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headquarters military division of the mississippi,
Tsot-i March 24th, 1864.
nashville,
General Orders,
No. 3. !
The following officers: »re named as members of the Staff
to the Military Division of the JIississ.pp,:
PERSONAL.
Major J. C. McCoy, Aid-de-Camp.
Captain L. M. Dayton, Aid-de-Camp.
Captain J. C. Audenried, Aid-de-Camp.
general.
Brig-. General J. D. Webster.
Brig-. General W. F. Barry, Chief of Artillery.
They will be respected accordingly.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., March 28th, 1864.
General Orders, 1
No. 4. S
Captain Montgomery Rochester, Assistant Adjutant
General of Volunteers, is assigned to duty in the Adjutant
General's Department at these Headquarters, and will be
respected accordingly.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., April 5th, 1864.
General Orders, 1
No. 5. S
By and with the approval of the Commander-in-Chief of
the Armies of the United States, the following changes are
made, which will go into effect at once:
I The 11th and 12th Corps are hereby consolidated,
and will compose the 20th Army Corps, Major General Joseph
Hooker, commanding. Major General Slocum is relieved
from duty in the Department of the Cumberland, and will
report in person to Major General Jas. B. McPherson, com¬
manding Department of the Tennessee, for assignment to the
command of the fortified Post and District of Vicksburg.
II Major General O. O. Howard is assigned to the
command of the Fourth Army Corps. Major General Gordon
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Granger is relieved from command of that Corps and from
duty with the Army of the Cumberland, to enable him to avail
himself of a leave of absence heretofore granted him.
III Major General J. M. Schofield is assigned to the
command of the 23d Army Corps, and Major General George
Sxonejian is relieved from the command of that Corps, for
assignment to the command of a Special Cavalry Force, to be
organized under special instructions from these Headquarters
to the Commanding General of the Army of the Ohio.
IV Major General John Newton is assigned to duty
with the Army of the Cumberland, and will report to Major
General Thomas, at Chattanooga, for assignment to duty
according to his rank.
Y Commanding Generals of Departments will make
all rules necessary to carry into effect these Orders, and will
make such dispositions of the Staff officers affected, and of Corps
badges and other insignia, as in their judgment will result in
the harmony and good of the service.
Bv order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., April 6th, 1864.
General Orders, )
No. 6. )
To enable the Military Railroads running from Nashville to
supply more fully the armies in the field, the following regula¬
tions will hereafter be observed:
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I No citizen, nor any private freight whatever, will
be transported by the Railroads, save as hereinafter provided.
II Officers traveling under orders, or 011 leave of
absence, sick or furloughed soldiers departing from or return¬
ing to their Regiments, and small detachments of troops, will
be transported on the orders of Post Commanders, of Brig.
Gen. Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee, or of
the commanding officer of either of the Departments of the
Ohio, the Cumberland, or the Tennessee, or of the Military
Division of the Mississippi. Bodies of troops will uot be trans¬
ported by Railroads when it is possible tor them to march,
except upon the order of the commanding officer of some one
of the Military Departments above named. Civil employees of
the various Staff Departments will be transported on the order
of the Senior and Supervising Quartermaster, Department of
the Cumberland, at Nashville, Tenn., or of the commanding
officer of either of the Military Departments above named.
Employees of the Railroads will be transported on the order of
the Superintendent, or Chief Engineer of the Railroads.
III. No citizens will be allowed to travel on the Rail¬
roads at all, except on the permit of the Commanding Officer
of one of the three Military Departments, or of the Military
Division of the Mississippi, and when their transportation will
not prevent that of any Army supplies, of which the proper
officer of the Quartermaster's Department will be the judge.
IY Express Companies will be allowed one car per
day each way, on each Military Road, to carry small parcels for
soldiers and officers. One car per day more on each road, for
Sutlers' Goods and Officers' Stores, may be allowed by the
Senior and Supervising Quartermaster at Nashville, at his dis¬
cretion ; these cars to be furnished by the Express Companies
and attached to the Passenger Trains. "When a sufficient sur¬
plus of stores has been accumulated at the front, the Senior and
Supervising Quartermaster aforesaid may increase this allow¬
ance, but not before.
Y Stores exclusively for officers' messes in very
limited quantities, after due inspection by the Inspecting Offi¬
cer at Nashville, Tennessee, of Sutlers' Goods, and all private
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Stores, shipped to the front, will be passed free on the several
roads, on the order of the Senior and Supervising Quartermas¬
ter, Department of the Cumberland, at Nashville, Tenn.
VI Horses, Cattle, or other live stock, will not be
transported by Railroad, except on the written order of tlie
Commanding- General of the Military Division, or of one of the
Military Departments.
VII Trains on their return trips will be allowed to
bring up private freight, when the shipment thereof does not
interfere with the full working of the Roads, of which the
Senior and Supervising Quartermaster at Nashville will be the
judge.
VIII Provost Marshals have nothing to do with
transportation by Railroads. Their passes merely mean that
the bearer can go from one point to another named in their
pass, but not necessarily by rail. The Railroads are purely for
Army purposes.
IX IVhen the rolling stock of the Railroads is
increased, or when a due accumulation of stores has been made
at the front, increased facilities may be extended to Passengers
and Private Freight, of which due notice will be given. Until
that time citizens and sutlers must use wagons.
X Until the Railroad is relieved, all Military Posts
within thirty-live miles of Nashville, and twenty miles of Ste¬
venson, Bridgeport, Chattanooga, Huntsvillc, and Loudon,
must haul their stores by wagons.
XI The General Manager of the Railroads, and his
duly appointed Agents and Conductors, will control the trains,
and will bo authorized to call on every passenger for his orders
for transportation by Railroad, that they may be returned to
the General Manager or Superintendent. The Military Guard
Avill enforce good order, and sustain the Agents and Conduc¬
tors of the Roads in their rightful authority, but will report
any mismanagement or neglect of duty, through their officers,
to these Headquarters.
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XII Until other arrangements are perfected, Com¬
manding Officers, 011 the request of the Railroad Managers, will
furnish details for providing wood or water at such points as
may be necessary to supply the Trains.
By command of Major-General W. T. Sherman.
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn , April 18th, 1864.
General Orders,
No. 7.
I When troops serving in this Military Division are
transferred from one post to another, or from one department to
another department the orders will embrace transportation for
all the wagons, mules, horses, tents, clothing and camp equip¬
age properly pertaining to such troops.
H When troops are ordered to march for action, or to
be in condition for action, all encumbrances must be left in store
at the most safe and convenient point. Mounted officers, (Gen¬
eral, Regimental or Cavalry,) will be expected to carry on their
own or led-horses the necessary bedding and changes of cloth¬
ing, with forage, and provisions for themselves for three days—
which must last five days. Infantry officers and soldiers must
carry on their persons or on led horses or mules, the same; to
which end will be allowed to each company when practicable,
one led horse or pack mule. Artillery can carry the same on
their caissons, so that all troops must be in readiness for motion
without wagons for a five days' operation.
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.III For longer periods of service, the Generals in com¬
mand of Armies, Divisions or Brigades, "will indicate in orders
beforehand the number of wagons to each Headquarters and
subdivision of command. In 110 event will tents he carried, or
chests, or boxes, or trunks. Wagons must be reserved for am¬
munition proper, for cooking utensils, for provisions consisting
exclusively of bread or flour, salt, sugar, coffee and bacon or
pork—in the proportion of thirty days' sugar and coffee, double
of salt, twenty days' of bread or flour, and six of pork or bacon.
The meat ration must be gathered in the country or driven 011
the hoof. Officers must be restricted to the same food as
soldiers, and the General commanding knows that our soldiers
will submit to any deprivation, provided life and health can be
sustained, and they are satisfied of the necessity.
IV One or two ambulances and one wagon should fol¬
low each regiment; all other wheeled vehicles should be made up
into trains of convenient size, always under command of some
Quartermaster with a proper escort; and minute instructions
should be imparted to the officers in charge of trains as to keep¬
ing closed up, doubling up on the roads when they are wide
enough, or parking in side fields when there is any cause of
delay ahead, so that the long periods of standing in a road,
which fatigue the troops so much, may be avoided.
These orders are preliminary.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., April 19th, 1864.
General Orders, ^
No. 8. S
I Provisions will 110 longer be issued to citizens at
military posts south of Nashville. When citizens cannot pro¬
cure provisions in the country, there is no alternative but they
must remove to the rear.
II Provisions must not be sold to any persons save
officers in the service of the United States, and the hired men
employed by the Quartermasters, or other Departments of the
Government, at a rate not to exceed one ration per day. Com¬
manding officers will give their personal attention to this
matter, as it is of vital importance. It is idle for us to be push¬
ing forward subsistence stores if they are lavished and expended
on any person except they belong to the Army proper.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., April 19th, 1864.
General Orders, )
No. 9. )
Colonel Amos Beckwith, Additional A. D. C. and Com¬
missary of Subsistence, U. S. A., having reported at these
Headquarters in compliance with Special Orders No. 146, War
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Department, Adjutant General's Office, cuiTent series, is an¬
nounced as Chief Commissary of the Military Division of the
Mississippi, and will be respected accordingly.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman.
R. M. SAWYER.
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., April 26th, 1864.
General Orders,
No. 10.
I There will be established, at or near Nashville,
one or more Camps of Instruction, in which will be collected
all regiments arriving from the rear which are not assigned to
any one of the Denartments or Armies in the field, all detach¬
ments or individuals who have got astray from their commands,
and all convalescents discharged from hospitals. These camps
will be under the general supervision of the Commanding Offi¬
cer of the District of Nashville, who will assign to each a
General Officer, who will be instructed to organize and equip
for service all such regiments and detachments, and subject
them to a thorough system of instruction in the drill and guard
duties.
II....... .All officers, regiments and detachments belong¬
ing to any of the established departments, will, without further
orders, be sent with dispatch to their proper posts; but such as
are not thus provided for will be held in reserve at Nashville to
reinforce any part of the lines of communication to the front,
and subject to orders from these Headquarters.
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III Soldiers' Homes are merely designed for the
accommodation of men in transitu; and when delayed from
any cause, the men will be sent to the Camp of Instruction.
Officers, and men also, in and about Nashville awaiting orders,
will be sent to the Camp of Instruction.
IV Major General Carl Schurz is assigned to the
command of one of these camps, and will report to Major Gen¬
eral Rousseau for further instructions.
V Patrols will, from time to time, be sent to collect
men and officers who are in Nashville without proper authority.
All who are not in possession of written orders that warrant
their presence in Nashville, will be arrested and taken to the
Camp of Instruction, where they will be put on duty till for¬
warded, under guard or otherwise, to their proper posts.
VI In time of war, leaves of absence can only be
granted, and that for limited periods, by commanders of separ¬
ate Armies or Departments. Subordinate commanders cannot
send officers or men away without such sanction; and therefore
the numerous shifts of that kind will be treated as void.
VII Staff Departments, on proper requisitions,
approved by General Rousseau, will issue the provisions, camp
and garrison equipage, arms and accoutrements, necessary to
carry into effect these orders.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman.
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., April 30th, 1864.
General Orders, I
No. 11. )
The following named officers are announced as Acting In¬
spectors General of this Army, and will be respected accord¬
ingly:
Brig, Gen. John M. Corse, U. S. Vols.
Lieut. Colonel Charles Ewing, A. I. G., 15th Corps.
Lieut. Colonel Willard Warner, 76th Ohio Vol. Infantry.
They will report in person to the Major General command¬
ing in the Field.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., May 4th, 1864.
General Orders, ^
No. 12. S
I Lieut. Col. Langdon C. Easton, Quartermaster
U. S. A., is announced as Chief Quartermaster for the Army in
the Field.
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II Lieut. Col. E. D. Kittoe, Medical Inspector
U. S. A., is announced as Chief Medical Inspector for the Army
in the Field.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., June 16th, 1864.
General Orders, 1
No. 15. )
During the period of active operations at the front, and
until further orders, no cotton or other product of the country
south of Nashville, Tennessee, will be permitted to come to this
point by railroad.
Owners or producers desiring to bring their products North
must do so by private conveyance, as the interests of the service
will not admit of the railroads being used for any but purely
Military purposes.
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., August 12th, 1864.
General Orders,
No. 22.
I Deserters Irom the rebel army, required by stand¬
ing orders to be sent north of the Ohio river, and discharged, as
well as refugees, male and female, escaping from the dangers
of civil war at the South, will, on arrival at Cairo or Louisville,
be forwarded at the expense of the United States, if unable to
pay their own way, to Cincinnati or St. Louis by water, or to
any point not over one hundred miles by railroad.
II Commanding officers at Cairo and Louisville
will, through the agents of the Christian Commission or labor
agencies, endeavor to put this class of people in the way of
honest employment as much as possible.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., August 22d, 1864.
General Orders, 1
No. 23. )
I Brigadier General R. W. Johnson, U. S. Y., is
hereby announced as Chief of Cavalry of the Military Division
of the Mississippi. He will take post at Headquarters, JsTash-
ville, Tennessee.
II General Johnson, as Chief of Cavalry, will have
charge of all remounts, care of horses that are issued to the
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Cavalry by the Quartermaster's Department or by the purchas¬
ing- officers of the Cavalry Bureau, will direct their issue, and
determine the order in which they shall be issued, giving pref¬
erence always to the best Cavalry troops dismounted, or to such
as take best care of their horses.
Ill He will, from time to time, make inspections of
the different Cavalry commands, making his reports to the head
of the Cavalry Bureau, Washington, D. C., and to these Head¬
quarters, and may call for reports of all men, horses, equip¬
ments, arms, &c., pertaining to that branch of sendee in this
command.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant Genetal.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., August 26th, 1864.
General Orders, I
No. 24. )
Pursuant to assignment by the Secretary of War, Colonel
Langdox C. Easton, Quartermaster U. S. Army, is hereby
announced as Chief Quartermaster of the Military Division of
the Mississippi.
He will be respected accordingly.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., October 3d, 1864.
General Orders,!
No. 26. j
Hereafter all officers doing duty in tlie Ordnance, Commis¬
sary and Quartermaster's Departments, within the limits of the
Military Division of the Mississippi, will furnish to the Chief
of Cavalry such reports and returns as he may require from
time to time, concerning supplies in their possession, designed
for the use of the Mounted Service.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
M. ROCHESTER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., October 18th, 1864.
General Orders,!
No. 27. )
I The gross negligence on the part of many officers
of the Cavalry, in making the reports and returns required by
existing orders, calls for immediate correction.
The character of the Cavalry service frequently separating
the troops for considerable periods from their trains, is, in some
instances, and to a certain degree an excuse for this; but no
possible apology can exist for the months of delay which in
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many cases has been suffered to occur without apparently any
effort by commanders of regiments,, to make up when in camp
for the delays necessarily occurring during active campaigning.
The Major General commanding therefore calls attention to
the existing orders upon this subject.
The reports required at the office of the Chief of Cavalry at
these Headquarters, are as follows:
1st. Monthly returns on the last day of each month.
2d. Tri-monthly reports on the 10th, 20th, and last days
of each month.
3d. Monthly reports of arms on the last day of each
month.
4tli. Copies of estimates for horses, horse equipments and
arms required.
5th. Copies of Monthly Inspection Reports.
6th. Reports of officers absent from stated roll-calls and
stable duty, to be made tri-monthly, on the 10th, 20th, and last
days of each month.
Regimental, Brigade and Division Commanders in the
Cavalry will take immediate steps to bring up all back returns
and reports, in order that those for the current month may be
made at once; and that hereafter all these returns and reports
be rendered as they fall due, unless the circumstances of the
command render this absolutely impossible, and in such case,
the commanding officer will be expected to furnish them at the
earliest practicable opportunity, with a written explanation to
the next higher in command, of the circumstances occasioning
the delay.
It is believed that under any ordinary condition of things,
the monthly returns and tri-monthly reports for each of the
Departments, may, by the exercise of a proper degree of dili¬
gence on the part of Regimental, Brigade and Division Com¬
manders, be furnished at these Headquarters within ten days of
the day upon which they fall due.
Commanding officers of Cavalry are reminded that much of
the disorganization existing in this branch of the service is due
to their negligence in this respect, as, except by the required
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l'eports and returns, it is impossible that the wants of the Cav¬
alry can be known to the Staff officers, upon whom it devolves
to supply them.
II The Generals commanding the Districts of Ken¬
tucky, Tennessee and the Etowah, will furnish to the Chief of
Cavalry, at these Headquarters, monthly returns, tri-monthly
reports, and monthly reports of arms for the Cavalry, mounted
and dismounted, in their respective commands.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., October 27th, 1864
General Orders, ^
No. 28. S
I Brevet Major General J. H. Wilson, having
reported in accordance with orders from the Lieutenant Gen¬
eral Commanding, to be assigned with his brevet rank, is
announced as Chief of Cavalry, vice Brigadier General R. W.
Johnson, relieved, and will assume command of the Cavalry
forces of the Military Division of the Mississippi, Headquarters
in the Field.
II Subject to the approval of the President, the Cavalry
forces of the Military Division of the Mississippi will hereafter
constitute the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the
Mississippi. All detachments, batteries, regiments, brigades
and divisions will make the returns required by the present
orders and regulations, to the Headquarters of the Cavalry
Corps, through the regular channels. They will send copies of
the monthly returns to their respective Department Com¬
manders.
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III The office of Chief of Cavalry at the Headquar¬
ters of the different Departments in this Division is abolished;
and the Chiefs of Cavalry will report to their Department
Commanders for other assignment.
IY Brevet Major General Wilson will reorganize
the forces under his command, and will bring into the field the
greatest number of mounted troops possible. Department and
other Commanders will give such assistance as will insure the
execution of this ord6r with the least possible delay.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., October 30th, 1864.
General Orders, I
No. 29. )
I Brigadier General Z. B. Tower, United States
Volunteers, is hereby appointed Inspector General of the forti¬
fications in this Military Division. He will, at his discretion,
visit and inspect the works that need his attention, and will
make all necessary orders in the name of the Commanding
General, to local Commanders and Commanders of Districts, as
to the work to be done. He will also control the estimates of
all Engineers charged with the construction of works of a per¬
manent nature, and define what part should be done by hired
labor, and what by the troops at hand.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General,
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., December 2d, 1864.
General Orders, )
No. 30. )
So much of paragraph I, General Orders No. 22, current
series, from these Headquarters, as refers to, the forwarding of
Refugees to points north of the Ohio River, at the expense of
the United States, is amended so as to include Pittsburgh,
Penn., as a point to which transportation may he furnished by
water.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., December 19th, 1864.
General Orders,!
No. 32. J
I. All abandoned or confiscable lands, houses and tene¬
ments, or other property, not required for military uses, will
be turned over by officers of the Quartermaster's Department,
or others having possession of the same, to the agents of the
Treasury Department charged with the custody thereof. Upon
the cessation of the occupation or use, for military purposes, of
any such property, it will be turned over to the Treasury
Agents, together with any information which may be useful in
its care or management, or which may affect the rights of the
United States, or of others interested in the property.
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II. No abandoned or confiscable property will be occupied
or used by persons in the military service, except on regular
assignment by the Quartermaster's Department.
III. District and Post Commanders in this Military Division
will, from time to time, render to the officers and agents of
the Treasury Department such assistance, not incompatible
with military operations, as they may need to enable them to
take possession of abandoned and confiscable property, and to
retain the same against any authority except that of the United
States.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Assistant Adiutant General.
HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Alexandria, Va., May 9th, 1865.
General Orders, 1
No. 2. )
The following resolutions, adopted by the respective State
Governments therein named, are published for the information
of the Command:
Senate concurrent resolutions, No. 6:
"Whereas, The city of Savannah, Georgia, has been captured by
the Union forces, and the old Flag now floats unchallenged over
that important Atlantic Port, and until now a stronghold of
Rebeldom:
" Resolved, by the' Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
thanks and congratulations of the State of Nevada be extended to the
gallant Sherman and his army who have gained this great victory
after a march unparalleled in courage of design, and brilliancy of
execution.
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" Resolved, That the Governor he authorized to transmit a copy
of these resolutions to the Secretary of "War, with the request that the
Secretary of War forward the same to the Major General command¬
ing the Union army of the Southeast."
Adopted, December 29th, 1864.
Concurrent resolutions complimentary to Generals Grant,
Sherman, Sheridan and Thomas, and to Vice Admiral Far-
ragut and Commodore Winslow:
"Re-olved, That the thanks of the Legislature representing the
State of New York, are hereby tendered to Major General William
T. Sherman and the officers and men of his command, for the series
of superb victories, culminating in the capture of Atlanta, and for the
skilfully executed march from the mountains to the sea, which chal¬
lenge the admiration of the world, resulted in the capture of Savan¬
nah, with many millions of public property, and demonstrated that
the so-called Confederacy is indeed but a shell.
" Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, is hereby respect¬
fully requested to transmit a copy of each of the foregoing resolutions
to the officers specially named therein."
Adopted, January, 1865.
Resolutions of thanks to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman:
"Resolved, That the thanks of the General Assembly of the
State of Ehode Island are hereby tendered to Major General William
T. Sherman, and to the officers and men of his command for the
series of brilliant victories culminating in the capture of Atlanta, and
for the skilfully executed march from the mountains to the sea,
resulting in the capture of Savannah, with many millions of public
property.
" Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to
transmit a copy of the above resolution to Major General Sherman."
Adopted, January Session, 1865.
By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman :
11. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
Capt. and A. Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 3d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 1. )
The following officers will compose the Staff of the General
commanding in the Field, and will he obeyed and respected
accordingly:
personal staff.
Major J. C. McCoy, Aid-de-Camp.
Capt. L. M. Dayton, Aid-de-Camp.
Capt. J. C. Audenried, Aid-de-Camp.
general staff.
Chief of Artillery—Brig. Gen'l W. F. Barry, U. S. Vols.
Chief Engineer—Capt. O. M. Poe, U. S. Engr's.
Chief Quartermaster—Col. L. C. Easton, U. S. A.
Chief Commissary—Col. A. Beckavith, U. S. A.
Chief of Ordnance—Capt. Thos. G. Baylor, IT. S. A.
Medical Inspector—Surg. E. D. Kittoe, U. S. Vols.
Inspectors General—Brig. Gen'l J. M. Corse, U. S. Vols.;
Lieut. Col. Charles Eaving, Capt. 13th IT. S. Infantry; Lieut.
Col. Willard Warner, 76th Ohio Vols.
Reports and applications requiring immediate action will
be addressed by Generals commanding separate armies directly
to the Commander-in-Chief, by subordinates to Capt. L. M.
Dayton, A. D. C.
All current business will, as heretofore, be addressed to
Lieut. Col. R. M, Saavyer, Ass't Adj't Gen'l of the Division,
Headquarters, Nashville, Tenn.
(Signed)
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.
Official :
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Tunnel Hill, Ga., May 9th, 186-1.
Special Field Orders,
No. 2.
The commanding General has just received the following
telegram, and announces it with pleasure, viz:
"Washington, D. C.,
11:15 a. m., May 9th, 1864.
Major General Sherman :
The Army of the Potomac had hard fighting on the fifth (5th)
and sixth (6th,) driving the enemy from every position.
On the seventh (7th) they had retreated some ten (10) miles,
Gen'l Grant in pursuit. They left their dead and -wounded in our
hands.
Loss on both sides heavy. Battle field near the old Wilderness
tavern. Announce the victory to your army.
(Signed)
H. W. HALLECK,
Major General and Chief of StaffV
Let us do likewise.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Snake Creek Gap, Ga., May 12th, 1861.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 3. S
The object of the movement for to-morrow is to interpose
between the enemy and Resacca, and to break his communi¬
cations.
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I =. .Major General McPherson will move his column
directlj7 on Resacca, occupying in force the hills on this side of
Camp Creek, and his left extending along up Camp Creek. He
will prepare to advance a part of his force from his left to the
railroad, and break it, and then fall back to his line.
II Major General Thomas will follow close to Gen¬
eral McPherson, and when he reaches a main road crossing the
Resacca road, about two miles this side of the town, viz: the
Dalton and Calhoun road, he will turn to the left toward Dal-
ton, prepared to deploy forward, and connect on his right with
General McPherson's left, choosing strong positions to cover
the movement on the railroad.
III Major General Schofield, will follow General
Thomas, and at the first Dalton road, known as the Dalton and
Rome road, will turn to the left and advance to abreast of Gen¬
eral Thomas and connect with him. General Schofield will
leave one Brigade in Snake Creek Gap, about five miles east of
Yillanow, and the balance of the one Division in General
McPherson's entrenched camp at this point.
IY The Cavalry of General Garrard will picket all
roads to our rear, and in case of being threatened from the
north, will come into Snake Creek Gap and cover the rear of
the army and the wagon train. The Cavalry of General Kil-
ratrick will move south of the main road to Resacca, and be
held in reserve near the forks of the road, and be subject to the
orders of the Commander-in-Chief.
Y All trains will be brought in Snake Creek Gap, and
be parked in convenient order off the road. Great care must be
observed in keeping the road clear, and ambulances and wagons
when not traveling the road, must invariably turn out and leave
all the road clear. Each army commander will leave his own
wagon guards, and the men should leave their knapsacks in
camp.
YI The movement will begin at six (6) o'clock a.m.
to-morrow.
Br obdek op Major General W. T Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Resacca, May 14th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 4. J
The following telegram is just received, and the General-
in-Chief announces the victory:
" Washington, D. C.,
May 13th, 1864.
Major General Sherman :
After four days' hard fighting at Spottsylvania Court House, and
terrible battle yesterday, in which one (1) whole Division of the
enemy, Edward Johnson's, were killed or captured, with thirty
pieces of cannon, Lee abandoned his works and retreated. Grant
is pursuing.
(Signed)
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War."
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Resacca, May 14th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 5. )
I Major General Schofield is charged with guarding
Knoxville and the railroad from Tyners to Knoxville, and from
Cleveland to Dalton, relieving, as soon as possible, General
Thomas' troops on that line.
II Major General Thomas will guard the railroad from
Chattanooga to Dalton, and forward as the army advances.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Resacca, May 15th, 1864.
Special Field Okders, ^
No. 6. S
The movement of the troops for to-day will be as follows.
I Major General McPherson, reinforced by the Cav¬
alry Division of General Kilpatrick, will continue to threaten
the line of the enemy's communications by a pontoon bridge near
Lay's Ferry, and a good lodgment on the other bank. He will
hold the strong, defensive position gained yesterday, from the
Bald Hill to the Oostanaula, near the mouth of Camp Creek,
prepared at all times to assume the offensive.
II Major General Thomas will hold one Corps (Gen¬
eral Palmer's) on the defensive, holding the line of hills on the
west side of Camp Creek, connecting strong with General
McPherson on a line with the Bald Hill, with a reserve in the
large field behind it, (i. e., the cleared valley of the west branch
of Camp Creek). The other two Corps—Hooker's and How¬
ard's—will make a steady and strong attack on the enemy
along down the ridge between Camp Creek and the Conasauga
towards Resacca, but will not assault fortified positions unless
sure of success.
III Major General Schofield will support the line of
General Hoavard and General Hooker, and be prepared to
resume his place on the left as soon as the ground will permit.
During the advance, he will hold his Hoops to the left rear of
General Howard's and General Hooker's line.
IY All the troops should be in position for action
at daylight, and the general movement begin at eight (8)
o'clock A. M.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Resacca, May 15th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 7. )
I Dalton is announced as the present depot of sup¬
plies, but the railroad Superintendent may bring forward trains
of cars with ammunition or special articles up to the very rear of
the army. The wagon trains will be brought out of Snake
Creek Gap, and that route abandoned. "Wagon trains will take
post, under direction of the proper Staff officers and guards, to
the rear of their respective armies.
II Commanders of armies will aim to keep on hand
ten (10) days' supply of meat and bread, and as much forage as
they can, keeping their mules in as good order as possible,
looking to the probability of a long march.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Resacca, Ga., May 16th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 8.
The enemy having retreated south, the following general
plan will be pursued until he is beyond the Etowah river:
I Major General Thomas will pursue, substantially
by the line of the railroad to Kingston and Etowah bridge, keep¬
ing his forces well in hand at all times, but using two or three
roads when available.
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II Major General McPherson will move substan¬
tially by the Rome road, keeping up communication with the
centre.
III Major General Schofield will get over on the
old Federal road from Spring Place to Cassville, or other road
in that neighborhood.
IY The repairs of the railroad and telegraph lines
must be pushed forward with all possible rapidity, but troops
must not wait for them.
Y Commanders of Armies and the Cavalry Divisions
will forward all prisoners of war to Resacca, there to be delivered
to the Provost Marshal of the Department of the Cumberland
and sent to the rear. Provost Marshals will be particular in
making and sending the proper record of prisoners. Deserters
and refugees from the enemy will be likewise rendezvoused
and kept separate from prisoners, and disposed of according to
known orders.
YI.... The Provost Marshal of the Department of the
Cumberland will make aiTangements to receive at Resacca all
prisoners collected by the above orders, and send them to the
proper depots of prisoners at the North, with as much expedi¬
tion as possible.
YII The regiments of dismounted Indiana Cavalry,
now at the Camp of Instruction in Nashville, are hereby assigned
to the Department of the Cumberland, and the commanding
General of that Department and Army will give all the neces¬
sary orders for their proper employment.
YIII Major General Thomas is charged with the duty
of guarding all railroads to our rear, including all the country
north of the Tennessee, and the post and bridge at Decatur,
Alabama; and Major General McPherson may call forward to
his Army the effective corps and regiments now at and around
Huntsville, as soon as he can, leaving only small guards, till
they are relieved by detachments of the Army of the Cumber¬
land; and his non-effective force, under suitable officers,
will be left at any suitable point to the rear, say Stevenson or
Bridgeport.
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TX Major General McPherson will collect a force of
about four or five thousand men out of the militia and garrison
of Paducah and Columbus, Ivy., and place them at some suit¬
able point on the Tennessee river, about Eastport, to serve as a
threat to North Alabama, and as a support to General Wash¬
burn's operations in Mississippi.
By order op Ma-tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., May 20th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 9. )
I Major General Thomas will group his army in
and around Cassville; Major General Sciiot ield his at or near
Pettit's Creek, or along Nancy's Creek; and Major General
McPherson his at Kingston, and the fords and bridges across
the Etowah in that vicinity.
II. Each army commander will use his Cavalry and
Staff officers freely in the next two days in collecting informa¬
tion, making maps, Ac., and in preparing for the next grand
move, full details of which will in due season be made known.
Ill The cars now run to our very camps. Each
army commander will send to the rear all wounded and sick, as
also all worthless men and idlers that have turned up on this
march. He will then make provision to subsist his command,
independent of the railroad, for twenty days.
IY The whole army must be ready to march by
May 23d, stripped for battle, but equipped and provided for
twenty (20) days. At the same time the wagon trains should
rather be diminished than increased, as we can safely rely on
getting much meat and forage and vegetables in the country to
which we propose to go.
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V The ration will be, for troops, one (L) pound of
bread, flour or meal; beef on the hoof; two (2) days' allowauce
of bacon per week, and sugar, coffee and salt; four (4) pounds
of grain will be allowed each animal, and no more. All else
must be gathered in the country. Brigade Quartermasters and
Commissaries will be instructed to forage and graze, but indis¬
criminate plunder must not be allowed.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., May 21st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 10. )
The following telegram is just received, and is published
for the information of this army:
"Washington, D. C.,
10 p. m., May 20th, 1864.
Major General Sherman:
Your telegram of this date, reporting your operations, has just
reached here.
It is proper to state that the movements of your army since the
opening of the campaign, the vigor and success of your operations,
meet and receive the admiration of the President, of this Department,
and of all loyal people, and are already inspiring the hearts of rebel
sympathizers with dismay. For yourself, your officers and troops,
please accept renewed thanks.
(Signed)
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.''
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
3
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., May 22d, 1861.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 11. )
I General McPherson will cause the Seventeenth
Army Corps, Major General Blair commanding, to march from
Decatur to Rome and Kingston, and will garrison Rome with
a force of about two thousand (2,000) men, until further orders.
General Thomas will garrison Kingston with a small force—say
one thousand (1,000) men—well covered by earthworks or
stone buildings. Resacca will be held strong, and will be the
depot of supplies until further notice.
Such stores and provisions will be kept forward at Kings¬
ton and Rome as can be moved by the wagons of the troops
present and no more.
II The several armies will move punctually to¬
morrow morning provided as heretofore ordered, by separate
roads, aiming to reach the positions hereinafter assigned them,
in the course of the third day; and in the meantime each wing
communicating freely with the centre by cross roads.
The Army of the Cumberland will move on Dallas by
Euharlee and Stilesboro, the division of General Jeff. C.
Davis, now at Rome, marching direct for Dallas by Yan Wert.
The Army of the Ohio will move for position on the left via
Richland Creek and Burnt Hickory, or Huntsville The Army
of the Tennessee will move via Yan Wert to a position on the
right at or near the head of Pumpkin Yine Creek, south of
Dallas.
III Marietta is the objective point, and the enemy-
is supposed to be in force at Alatoona, but with Cavalry all
along the line of the Etowah. Henceforth great caution must
be exercised to cover and protect trains.
IY Lieut. Colonel J. Condit Smith, Quartermaster
Fifteenth Army Corps, will turn over to the Quartermaster
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of Brigadier General Elliot, Chief of Cavalry, Department of
the Cumberland, one thousand ($1,000) dollars, Confederate
money, taking the usual transfer receipt for the same.
Y Lieutenant Colonel O. G. Bartlett, 150th New
York Volunteers, Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty with
his regiment in the Department and Army of the Cumberland,
the consent of the commanders thereof being given, and will
report to Major General J. M. Schofield, commanding Depart¬
ment and Army of the Ohio in the field, for assignment.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Dallas, Ga., May 26th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 12. )
I To-morrow morning, early, all the batteries of
General Hooker's, Howard's and Schofield's corps, which
can be put in position, will open on the works of the enemy,
and will keep up a persistent fire until nine (9) a. m., when
they will cease firing unless a proper object presents itself.
II General Thomas will at ten (10) a. m., wheel
General Howard's Corps to the right, advancing the left to the
south, on the east side of the cleared valley in our front, to the
commanding promontory which commands the Marietta road.
General Cox will move the two divisions of the Twenty-third
Corps under his command in close support of General How¬
ard's left. General Hooker will, if possible, carry some one or
more points of the enemy's works to his immediate front. All
the army will be held ready to follow up the advantages gained
by this movement.
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III General McPherson will make a junction with
General Davis at or near Dallas, and will then move straight
toward the enemy at New Hope Church, and make connection
with General Hooker's right.
IY The General Commanding will, during the
movement, he at or near General Hooker's position, and
wishes reports sent promptly to him of the fulfilment of the
several parts of the plan.
Bi order of Major General W. T. Sherman:
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Dallas, Ga., May 28th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 13. )
I General McPherson will occupy the line facing
east from General Hooker's present right, to the creek above
the saw-mill, with a small division and his supply train at the
bridge near Owen's saw-mill at Pumpkin Yine Creek, and his
cavalry to his right rear, between Owen's saw-mill and Dallas.
II General Thomas will connect with General
McPherson and form a line facing nearly south, across both
branches of Pettit's Creek and covering all the roads leading
from Dallas to Alatoona and Acworth.
III General Schofield will move out to the main
Acworth road and move south to cover General Thomas' left,
and if necessary will extend his line. General Stoneman's
Cavalry will operate to the left (east) of General Schofield as
near the main Marietta road as he can force his way against
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Cavalry. General Thomas and General Schofield will keep
their supply trains near Pumpkin Yine Creek, in the vicin¬
ity of Burnt Hickory Crossing.
IY Commanders of armies will send Staff Officers
to reconnoitre the roads and positions, and be prepared to take
new positions as soon as General McPherson arrives from
Dallas. General Headquarters will be at or near the rear of
General Thomas' position about Pettit's Creek,
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, May 30th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 14. )
The movements of the army during May 31st and June 1st
will be as follows:
I May 31st the lines will remain substantially as
now, and a general activity will be kept up along the whole
front. General McPherson will feel for the extreme left of
the enemy, (our right.)
II June 1st, General Jeff. C. Davis will join his
Corps. General McPherson will move and occupy General
Hooker's present position, and will cover the right flank.
General Thomas will hold from the Owen's Mill road (General
Hooker's present left,) around to the hill near Picket's Mill,
overlooking the Acworth road, near Leverett's house; and
General Schofield will secure full possession of the Acworth
road above Leverett's house.
III General Stoneman's Cavalry will move rapidly
by any road east of the Pumpkin Yine Creek and secure
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possession of the east end of the Alatoona Pass and the bridge
across Alatoona Oeek. General Garrard's Cavalry will move
via Burnt Hickory and Richland Creek to the west end ol Ala¬
toona Pass, and communicate with General Stoneman, if
possible. Army commanders will make the necessary instruc¬
tions to carry these orders into effect.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, May 31st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 15. )
In order to secure the rapid and efficient co-working of the
Topographical Engineer Department of the Army in the field,
and to avoid making surveys of any road by more than one
officer, the following system will be adopted :
I No Topographical Engineer shall be employed as
an Aid-de-Camp, or in any other duty other than making purely
military surveys. The selection of camps, location of picket
lines and repairs of roads, are not to be imposed on them, but
on Quartermasters and other Staff officers.
II On a march they will survey the route of their
commands. "When the army comes to a permanent or tempo¬
rary halt, they will report in person to the Chief Engineer of
their respective Departments and make such special field sur¬
veys as may be assigned them, at all times complying with his
orders and instructions. Their surveys will then be compiled,
and maps will be sent to their Chief, who will cause them to be
consolidated and issued from time to time, as the exigences of
the campaign will permit.
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III All Corps, Division and Brigade commanders
will assist their Topographical Engineers to work in harmony,
and for the benefit of the whole army, and thus secure the data
from which to compile, at the earliest possible moment, maps
which are indispensably necessary to military movements, as in
this manner only can all General officers receive the benefit of
all military surveys.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Dallas, June 3d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 16. 3
I Recruiting Officers will not enlist as soldiers any
negroes who are profitably employed by any of the Army De¬
partments, and any Staff Officer having a negro employed in
useful labor on account of the Government will refuse to release
him from his employment by virtue of a supposed enlistment
as a soldier.
II Commanding Officers of Military Posts will
arrest, and, if need be, imprison any Recruiting Officer, who,
to make up companies of negro soldiers, interferes with the
necessary gangs of hired negroes in the employment of the
Quartermaster, Commissary or other Department of the Gov¬
ernment, without the full consent of the officers having them in
charge.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Dallas, June 4th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 17. )
The attention of the General Commanding has been called
to certain facts which had already attracted his own attention,
and concerning which he orders:
I In case of skirmish or battle the wounded must
be brought otf the field by musicians or non-combatants, dis¬
tinguished by a badge of white cloth on the left arm. In no
case, as long as firing continues, should an armed soldier aban¬
don his comrades in battle to attend the wounded. See par.
734, Army Regulations.
II Hospitals are too far to the rear of their Corps or
Divisions; they should be up as close as possible, and covered
by the shape of the ground and not by distance. The Surgeons
in charge are responsible that slight wounds or shirking be not
the cause of detaining armed men about their hospitals. Each
attendant should have at all times about his person the written
authority which justifies his presence at the hospital, or in
passing to and from the command to which the hospital belongs.
III Shirking, skulking and straggling in time of
danger are such high detestable crimes, that the General Com¬
manding would hardly presume them possible, were it not for
his own observation, and the report that at this moment soldiers
are found loafing in the cabius to the rear as far back as Kings¬
ton.
The only proper fate of such miscreants is that they be shot
as common enemies to their profession and country; and all
officers and privates sent to arrest them will shoot them with¬
out mercy on the slightest impudence or resistance.
By thus wandering to the rear they desert their fellows
who expose themselves in battle in the full faith that all on the
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rolls are present, and they subject themselves to capture and
exchange as good soldiers, to which they have no title. It is
hereby made the duty of every officer who finds such skulkers,
to deliver them to any Provost Guard, regardless of Corps, to
he employed in menial or hard work, such as repairing roads,
digging drains, sinks, &c., &c. Officers, if found skulking,
will be subject to the same penalties as enlisted men, viz: instant
death, or the hardest labor and treatment. Absentees not
accounted for should always be mustered as "deserters," to
deprive them of their pay and bounties reserved for honest
soldiers.
IV All will be styled skulkers who are found to the
rear, absent from their proper commands without written
authority from their proper commanders. Captains cannot
give orders or passes beyond their regimental limits, Colonels
beyond Brigade limits, Brigadiers beyond Division limits, &c.,
&c. The commanding Generals of the three (3) Departments
alone can order officers or detachments with or without wagons,
back to Kingston, or other general depots.
V If unarmed soldiers are found on horses or mules
at a distance from their proper commands or trains, any cavalry
escort or patrol will make prisoners of the men, and appro¬
priate the horses and mules to the use of the cavalry. Order¬
lies to general officers on duty will be easily recognized by
bearing official orders or receipts for the same, but each general
officer should provide his orderlies with an official detail, to be
carried with him.
Horses or mules sent for forage or to graze, should be sent
by detachments, with arms and military organization, when
they will always be "respected.
VI Brigade and Regimental commanders are the
proper officers to keep their officers and men at their places.
The commanding General will, by his Inspectors and in
person, give the matter a full attention, and when the time
comes for reports on which to base claims for rewards and pro¬
motion, no officer having a loose, straggling command, need
expect any favor.
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VII The commanding Generals of the three armies
will make this order public, and at once organize guards and
patrols to carry it into full effect.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, on Little Alatoona Creek, June 4th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 18. )
I To-morrow, June 5th, unless the enemy display
more force and activity than now, Major General McPherson
will send his wagons to Burnt Church, on the Alatoona road,
by a road to the rear of Major General Thomas' road, and
move with his command by both roads, to a point north of
and near Burnt Church, ready the next day to move to
Acworth, leaving his wagons behind Alatoona Creek.
II Major General Thomas will refuse his right
behind the creek on which Brown's Mill is located, and will
prepare to move across Alatoona Creek to a point of the rail¬
road in front of Acworth, say Big Shanty.
III Major General Schofield will strengthen his
position, and so dispose of his wagons as to follow Major Gen¬
eral Thomas, and with his troops cover his movements and
occupy the point on Alatoona Creek north and east of his
present position.
IV Alatoona will be the point of supply as soon as
the railroad bridge can be completed, and in the meantime all
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trains and detachments at Kingston or Burnt Hickory will be
directed to Alatoona, to which end Major General Thomas will
send his pontoons there, to be laid down until the pier and
railroad bridge can be rebuilt.
By order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUAKTEBS MILITABY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Alatoona Creek, June 5th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 19.
I The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed as Orderlies at Headquarters Military Division of the
Mississippi, in the Field:
Sergeant Lewis Bichards, Co. E, 8th Reg't Iowa Cavalry.
Private W. J. Merritx,
" Charles Warren,
" K. W. Foster,
" J. W. Moon,
" Henry Grinsley,
" L. N. Bennett,
" Reuben Rock,
" John Belden,
" E. L. Mills,
" E. W. Kinsey,
" J. G. Shieule,
" John Walters,
" Chas. Mumaugh, Co. I, 5th Reg't Ohio Cavalry
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
Co. K, 15th Reg't Pa. Cavalry.
Co. H, "
Co. H, " " "
Co. K, " " "
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OR THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Acworth, June 6th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 20. )
Major General Blair's command is at Kingston, and a
good pontoon bridge is laid oyer Etowah river at the railroad
crossing. The General Commanding believes the enemy has
gone across Chattahoochee river, though all must be prepared
for battle at or near Kenesaw Mountain. The following dis¬
positions will be completed and the army ready to move, on
lines to be hereafter designated, by Thursday morning, June
9th, 1864, at 6 a. m.
I Major General Thomas will continue to provide
a garrison at Kingston, which, however, will cease to be a
depot, but all stores will hereafter be kept as near Alatoona as
possible until the railroad bridge is done, when Alatoona will
be the main depot, Resacca being discontinued. The two road
bridges across the Etowah, near Kingston, will be stripped of
their planking, and be guarded by cavalry. The fords of the
Etowah will also be patrolled by cavalry, and Major General
Thomas will keep a small cavalry force at some convenient
point to patrol the country south of the Etowah.
II Major General McPherson will cause one (1)
regiment to guard the railroad bridge now under construction
near Alatoona, and the balance of a brigade to hold the moun¬
tain pass of Alatoona. Two or more good strong earth redoubts
will be located at the eastern extremity of this pass, and must
be constructed by the troops, but the commanding officers at
Kingston, at the railroad bridge and at Alatoona, will arrest
and put to work on these redoubts all soldiers loafing about
pretending to seek their regiments, and all skulkers or men
sent by corps commanders or Provost Marshals to work as a
penalty. Captain Poe, Chief Engineer, will lay out the traces
of these works, and give instructions as to details.
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I IT. On Thursday morning at daylight, Major Gen¬
eral Stoneman will he on the right, reporting with all his
e flee live cavalry to General Schofield, and General Garrard
will he on the left, reporting with all his effective force to
Major General McPherson. The utmost care must be taken
to graze all horses and mules at every chance. The growing
wheat, oats and rye, if used in moderation and frequently, will
not injure a mule or horse.
IV The whole army must he ready to move at day¬
light, Thursday, supplied for ten (10) days. All empty and
surplus wagons to be sent back to the neighborhood of Carters-
ville and Etowah bridge.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Acworth, Ga., June 9th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,)
No. 21. J
The armies will move forward to-morrow morning.
I Major General Thomas, the centre, on the Burnt
Hickory and the Marietta road, and such other roads as he
may choose between it and the Acworth and Marietta road,
aiming to strike the northern end of Kenesaw Mountain.
II Major General McPherson will move by the
Acworth and Marietta road, with a column following the rail¬
road and his cavalry well to the left after passing Big Shanty.
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III Major General Schofield will cover his wagons
well about Mount Olive Church, and feel well with cavalry
and skirmishers down the road past Hard Shell Church, to
ascertain the enemy's strength about Lost Mountain and the
ridge connecting it with Kenesaw Mountain. He will not pass
the position about Hard Shell Church in force until he is certain
Major General Thomas has reached some point on Kenesaw.
IV.... The object will be to develope the enemy's posi¬
tion and strength, and to draw artillery fire from his entrench¬
ed works. This army will operate by heads of columns instead
of deployed lines of battle, each column covering its head and
flanks with good advance of flanking skirmishers, and be pre¬
pared to deploy promptly according to danger. Intrenched
positions will not be attacked without orders. Each head of
column will have a good battery of heavy rifled artillery, and
should use it freely against rail and log barricades, and also to
indicate the positions of heads of columns. The flank columns
will conform their motions to that of the centre. Either
column reaching a good military position should intrench it by
leaving a brigade, but should not delay its advance.
Y Major General Stoneman's cavalry will cover
the right and Brigadier General Garrard's the left flanks.
Brigadier General McCook's cavalry should be kept to the
rear, or to keep up communications.
VI The movement will begin at six (6) o'clock
a. m., and continue until some one of the columns reaches
Kenesaw Mountain or until the center is checked.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Big Shanty, Ga., June 10th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 22. S
I The country from Bridgeport to Alatoona, includ¬
ing Cleveland, Rome, and the country east as far as controlled
by our troops, will be styled the " District of the Etowah,"
and will be under the general sunervision and command of
Major General Steadman, or the senior officer who may suc¬
ceed to the command.
II The officer commanding the District will fre¬
quently, in person or by an Inspector General, visit all parts of
his District, and be held responsible that telegraph and railroad
communications are kept up and made secure, to the army in
front. To this end, besides arranging the garrisons at the
different points, he will have a force in reserve ready to repair
to any threatened point.
III The several commands and detachments now
garrisoning the District will continue to belong to the armies
from which they were detached, and will make their returns
accordingly, but the Commanding Officer of the District may
call for such field reports as may be necessary for him to
understand the strength and condition of the command. The
strength of the detachments will not be diminished without the
consent of the District Commander, or an order from these
Headquarters.
IY Should a necessity arise to insure the safety of
our communications, the Commander of the District may detain
for a few days troops in transitu, reporting promptly to these
Headquarters the facts and reasons therefor.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, June 11th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 23. )
The gunboats constructed by the Quartermaster Depart¬
ment in the Tennessee river, above Muscle Shoals, having been
turned over to the Navy Department for better service and
discipline, will nevertheless be supplied by the Army Quarter¬
masters and Commissaries of all military posts and stations as
though still belonging to the Army, and when the Commander
of any of the gunboats needs assistance of any kind, or detach¬
ments of soldiers to aid him in any enterprise, the Command¬
ing Officer of any military post on or near the Tennessee river,
will furnish the details if it be possible.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de- Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Big Shanty, June 12th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 24.
I During the temporary stay of the army at or near
its present locality, the Army of the Tennessee will draw their
supplies from the Big Shanty depot, the Army of the Cumber¬
land from Acworth, and the Army of the Ohio from Alatoona.
II The ration prescribed for men and horses in
Special Field Order No. 9, was designed for troops operating
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at a distance from railroad with the use of wagons or pack
animals only. "When the army is on a railroad or near it, the
Chief Commissary and Quartermaster may increase the allow¬
ance according to the capacity of the railroad for supply.
Bv order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Big Shanty, June 14th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 25. )
The movement to-morrow will be as follows:
I During the early part of the day the batteries in
position will maintain a pretty brisk fire on the enemy's camps
or groups of men and horses, especially at the north base of
Kenesaw, at Pine Hill, and on Schofield's right. The cavalry
of General McPhersoh will be active on our extreme left, and
if possible, effect a lodgment on the ridge between Brushy and
Kenesaw Mountains. The cavalry of Generals Thomas and
Schofield will be active on our extreme right towards and
beyond Lost Mountain. General Stoneman will, if possible,
about noon, effect a lodgment on the Lost Mountain.
II About noon, General McPherson will, with
infantry and artillery, make a demonstration from his left flank
towards the enemy's right, but will not assault his works; and
General Schofield will make a similar strong demonstration
at a point in front of General Cox's Division, south of Pine
Hill. Either of these may be converted into a real movement
if the army commander can make a lodgment on any command¬
ing ground to his present front.
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III About 2 p. m., General Thomas will move a
strong, well appointed column of attack and break the enemy's
centre at a point east of Pine Hill and west of Kenesaw, where,
in his judgment, the chances of success are best — the object
being to make a lodgment 011 the ridge commanding those hills
from which the waters flow towards the Chattahoochee. All
should be prepared to follow up the advantages, if gained, and
the enemy show disorder. Time is important to us, and we
must make the best of it.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman:
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Big Siianty, June 18th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 26.
I The 99th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry is
hereby transferred from the Department and Army of the
Cumberland to the Department and Army of the Ohio, and the
commanding officer will report to Major General J. M. Scho-
field for orders.
II The 45th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry is
hereby transferred from the Department and Army of the Ohio
to the Department and Army of the Cumberland, and the com¬
manding officer will report to Major General G. H. Thomas
for orders.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman*:
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, June 20th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 27. S
I General McPherson will call forward from
Huntsville the Division of Jno. E. Smith to report to General
Steadman, and to be posted at Kingston and along the rail¬
road. He will also dispatch the 1st Alabama Cavalry to Rome
to scout across toward Gunterville and Gadsden, subject to the
orders of the Post and District Commanders.
II .General Thomas will furnish General Steadman
a detail of one thousand (1000) men to be organized as train
guard, and as soon as General Jno. E. Smitpi reaches Kingston
he may relieve the detachments now there.
III There is abundance of fine forage and grass in
the valleys of the Etowah and Oostanaula, and any commanders
will collect all the stock horses, mules, etc., that are useless to
this army and a tax on its forage, and send them to one or
other of the detachments guarding the railroad. Ko forage
should be issued to horses at the front, unless they are good
artillery and cavalry horses, or the horses of officers Avhose
duties require them to be mounted. The special attention of
Quartermasters and Inspectors Generals is called to this subject.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Kenesaw Mountain, June 24tli, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 28. )
The army commanders will make full reconnoissances
and preparations to attack the enemy in force on the 27th inst.
at eight (8) o'clock a. m. precisely. The Commanding General
will be on " Signal Hill," and will have telegraphic communi¬
cation with all the army commanders.
I Major General Thomas will assault the enemy at
any point near his centre to be selected by himself, and will
make any changes in his troops necessary by night, so as not to
attract the attention of the enemy.
II Major General McPherson will feign by a move¬
ment of his cavalry and one (1) division of infantry on his
extreme left, approaching Marietta from the north, and using
artillery freely; but will make his real attack at a point south
and west of Kenesaw.
III .Major General Schofield will feel well to his
extreme right, and threaten that flank of the enemy with artil¬
lery and display, but attack some one point of the enemy's line
as near the Marietta and Powder Spring i*oad as he can with
prospect of success.
IY All commanders will maintain reserve and
secrecy, even from their staff officers, but make all the proper
preparations and reconnoissances. When troops are to be
shifted to accomplish this attack, the movements will be made
at night. At the time of the general attack, the skirmishers at
the base of Kenesaw will take the advantage of it, to gain, if
possible, the summit, and hold it.
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V Each attacking column will endeavor to break a
single point of the enemy's line, and make a secure lodgment
beyond, and be prepared for following it up toward Marietta
and the railroad in case of success.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Kenesaw Mountain, June 26th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 29. J
I The question of supplies to an army of this size
is one of the greatest possible importance, and calls for a most
rigid economy. By comparing issues by the Commissary
Department, and the reports by army commanders of " effect¬
ive strength for duty," which embraces officers as well as men,
it is found a quantity of provisions is issued daily equal to from
fifty to seventy-five per cent, over the "effective strength."
This proportion is entirely too large in our present situation,
and either the quantity must be reduced or the number of non¬
effectives be brought within reasonable limits by sending ser¬
vants and others to the rear. Twenty-five per cent, is deemed
a large and reasonable limit, and the Chief Commissary in the
field, as well as of all the garrisons and detachments dependent
on the railroad south of Nashville, will see that issues are
limited to that figure. The Chief Commissaries will be fur¬
nished with field reports from superior headquarters, and will
call the attention of the proper commanding officers when
requisitions exceed the number of men and officers for duty,
with twenty-five per cent, added.
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II When, from interruption to railroads or any
other cause, supplies cannot be had equal to this standard, the
Commissaries will make issues as near as possible, for each ten
days' in advance, and must scale their issues, so that all parts
of the army receive a fair proportion of each article. When
deficiencies occur in the bread or small rations, the Commissary
may increase the allowance of fresh beef, if on band; and the
Commanding General will approve the abstract of issues made
in compliance with this order of substitution.
III The effective strength of a brigade, division,
corps of army, will be construed to mean: officers and men
present for duty, sick in quarters, extra duty men that arc
armed, and " in arrest or confinement." Sick in hospital,
unless there be a prospect of early recovery, should be sent to a
post in the rear.
IY Unarmed cooks, teamsters, pioneers and laborers
are the only proper non-effectives with the army. All other
persons dependent oil our supplies are useless mouths which
we cannot afford to feed, and should be sent north of Nashville.
Twenty-five per cent, is the maximum allowance of this class
of non-effective but useful laborers, specified, and even these
should be armed; the teamsters, especially, should have mus¬
kets in strong loops to their wagons, within easy reach; and
cooks, also, might be armed. All details for actual duty will
be made on this basis of " effective strength," and if, on inspec¬
tion, any commanding officer reports an "effective strength"
greater than he can immediately parade for battle, his report,
return or requisition for stores will be deemed a false report
under the articles of war.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Kenesaw Mountain, July 1st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 30. )
I Private I. F. Hearn, Company B, 30th Ohio Vol¬
unteers, Infantry, is hereby detailed as Engineer and Mechanic
on the U. S. M. If. R , and will at once report to Mr. Taylor,
Superintendent, for assignment to duty.
II Private Walter Sherwood, Company B, 1st
Illinois Light Artillery, is hereby detailed as Clerk in the
Assistant Adjutant General's Office, Military Division of the
Mississippi, and will forthwith report for duty at Headquarters
in the Field.
III Private William Peterson, Company D, 12th
Missouri Regiment Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty at
these Headquarters as Clerk, and will proceed, without delay,
to Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, at
Nashville.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Vamp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Kknesaw Mountain, July 1st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 31. )
The object of the contemplated movement is to deprive the
enemy of the great advantage lie has in Kenesaw, as a watch
tower from which to observe our every movement; to force
him to come out of his intrenchments or move farther south.
To attain which end—
I All army commanders will till up their wagons
at Big Shanty depot, to the utmost with provisions, ammuni¬
tion and forage. The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary
will give all necessary orders to clean out the depots in front
of Alatoona, and so instruct that the locomotives and cars will
come forward of Alatoona with great caution, and only when
ordered by the Chief Quartermaster.
II Major General Thomas will hold the ground
below Kenesaw as far as Olley's Creek, near Mount Zion;
Major General Sciiofield that from Olley's Creek to the Nick-
ajack, and General McPherson will move his train and troops
rapidly in a single march, and as little observed from Kenesaw
as possible, to the Sandtown road and down it to the extreme
right, with one corps near the Widow Mitchell's, another near
Ruff's Mill, on the Nickajack, and the third in reserve near the
forks of the road.
III General Garrard's Cavalry will cover the roads
out of Marietta which pass north of Kenesaw, and General
Stoneman's Cavalry will occupy Sweetwater Old Town coin¬
cident with the movement of McPherson. General McCook
will receive orders from General Thomas. In case the enemy
presses Garrard back by superior and overwhelming forces,
he will send one of his Brigades to the flank of General
Thomas, and with the others fall back gradually towards Ala¬
toona, disputing every foot of ground.
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IV Major General McPiieuson will threaten the
Chattahoochee river, and also the railroad, and General Thomas
will press the enemy close, and, at the very earliest possible
moment, break his lines and reach the railroad below Marietta.
All movements must be vigorous and rapid, as the time allowed
is limited by the supplies in our wagons.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Chattahoochee River, July 10th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 32. )
I The Division of General John E. Smith will
occupy the Alatoona Pass with a detachment at Kingston and
Cartersville, and the Brigade now at the Alatoona Pass will
occupy Kenesaw Mountain and Big Shanty. The District of
the Etowah will be extended to embrace the Kenesaw Moun¬
tain.
II Each of the three armies will have one regi¬
ment at Marietta, of the average strength of 330 men, for
fatigue duty to unload cars, the commanding officers to report
for orders to the Chief Commissary, Colonel Beckwith.
Marietta will be the grand depot, but the Chief Quartermaster
may arrange to deliver stores in bulk at Hull's or Yining's
stations, according to the facilities ot the railroad.
III Commissaries and Quartermasters must keep
ten days' supplies on hand at all times, without special orders
to that efiect, and the army must be ready for quick, prompt
movement, as our future plans depend on the enemy.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Chattahoochee, July 11th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 33. )
I Private Walter Sherwood, Company B, 1st Illi¬
nois Light Artillery", is hereby relieved from duty as Clerk at
these Headquarters, and will report to his commanding officer.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Chattahoochee Riyer, July 12th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 34. )
I The 5th Regiment Iowa Infantry is hereby
transferred from the Department of the Tennessee to the
Department of the Cumberland, and the commanding officer
will report to Major General Geo. H. Thomas for instructions.
II Captain W. H. Northcutt, 81st Regiment Indi¬
ana Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty as Military Con¬
ductor on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and will,
without delay, report in person to the commanding officer of
his regiment, in the field.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Chattahoochee River, July 14th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 35.
Preliminary steps having already begun, the following
general plan will be observed and adhered to:
I Major General Thomas will prepare to cross his
army at Powers' and Paice's Ferries, and take position out
from the Chattahoochee river until he controls the country from
Island Creek to Kyle's bridge, over Nancy's Creek, but will
not move the whole of General Palmer's and General Hook¬
er's Corps across until he hears that General Stoneman is back
from his present expedition. He will endeavor to provide
General Stoneman enough pontoon boats, balks and chesses,
to make one bridge. He will dispose of General McCook's
cavalry, and detachments of his own infantry, to watch the
Chattahoochee about the old railroad crossing.
II As soon as General Stoneman returns, he will
dispose his cavalry to watch the Chattahoochee at Turner's
Ferry and about the mouth of Nickajack, connecting by patrols
with General McCook, and will, if possible, procure enough
pontoons to make a bridge, ready on the first chance to cross
the river about Howell's or Sandtown, and break the Atlanta
and "West Point Railroad and telegraph.
III Major General Schoeield, after having well
secured his crossing place at Phillips', will move out toward
Cross Keys until he controls the ridge between Island and
Nancy's Creeks and the road represented as leading from Ros-
well to Buckhead.
IV Major General Blair will, immediately on the
return of Major General Stoneman, move rapidly to Roswell
and join his army. Major General McPlierson will then move
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his command out either by the Cross Keys road or the old
Ilightower trail, until ho is abreast of Major General Scho-
field ; and General Garrard, with his cavalry, will scout
from. McAfee's bridge toward Pinkneyville, and if no enemy is
there in force, will picket McAfee's bridge and take post on
General McPherson's left, about Buchannon's.
V The whole army will thus form a concave line
behind Nancy's Creek, extending from Kyle's bridge to Buch¬
annon's, but no attempt will be made to form a line of battle.
Each army will form an unit and connect with its neighbor by
a line of pickets. Should the enemy assume the offensive at
any point, which is not expected until we reach below Peach
Tree Creek, the neighboring army will at once assist the one
attacked. All preliminary steps may at once be made, but no
corps need move to any great distance from the river until
advised that General Stoneman is back.
VI Major General Thomas will study well the
country towards Decatur via Buckhead—Major General Scho-
field, to a point of the railroad four (4) miles northeast of
Decatur, and Major General McPherson and Genei*al Garrard
that towards Stone Mountain. Each army should leave behind
the Chattahoochee river, at its bridge, or at Marietta, all wagons
or encumbrances not absolutely needed for battle. A week's
work, after crossing the Chattahoochee, should determine the
first object aimed at, viz: the possession of the Atlanta and
Augusta road, east of Decatur, or of Atlanta itself.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Chattahoochee, July 17th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 36. )
The operations of the army for to-morrow, the 18th July,
will he as follows:
I Major General Thomas will move forward, occupy
Buckhead and the ridge between Nancy's Creek and Peach
Tree, also all the roads toward Atlanta as far as Peach Tree
Creek.
II Major General Schofield will pass through
Cross Keys, and occupy the Peach Tree road where intersected
by the road from Cross Keys to Decatur.
III Major General McPherson will move toward
Stone Mountain, to secure strong ground within four (4) miles
of General Schofield's position, and push Brigadier General
Garrard's cavalry to the railroad and destroy some section
of the road, and then resume position to the front and left
of General McPherson.
IY All armies will communicate with their neigh¬
bors. The General-in-Chief will be near General Thomas' left
or near General Schofield.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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[MEMORANDA TO S. F. O. No. 36.]
July 17th, 1864.
The map composed of two parts, of the official compilation,
made at Marietta July 5th and 11th, 1861, is the best, and will
be the standard for orders issued from these headquarters. As
a general rule, old roads will be found to lead to Decatur, but
new roads to Atlanta. The general country is very hilly and
stony, but improves south and east as we approach the head of
the Ochmulgee. Peach Tree Creek is considerable of a stream,
but fordable at all points east of the main road from Buck-
head to Atlanta. The first real lines to be found will be on
the old Peach Tree road, which starts at Turner's Ferry, keeps
near the Chattahoochee, crosses Peach Tree at Moore's Mill and
on a main ridge by Buckhead, Buchanon's and Pinkneyville.
Our first line must be in front of this road, leaving it clear for
communication. General Thomas the right, General Scho-
field the centre, and General McPherson the left. General
Thomas will move substantially on Atlanta, General Scho-
fieed on Decatur, and General McPherson, with General
Garrard's cavalry, is charged with the destruction of the rail¬
road between Decatur and Stone Mountain. As soon as the
road is broken, all the armies will close on General Thomas,
occupying the main roads cast of Atlanta, or in other words,
the line swung across the railroad near Decatur. General
Thomas will press close on Atlanta, but not assault real works,
but not be deterred by cavalry or light defenses. General
Schofield will threaten the neighborhood of Decatur, but
Generals McPherson and Garrard will risk much and break
the railroad during the 18th or 19th.
(Signed)
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.
Official :
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Cross Keys, July 18th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 37. )
The movements of the army to-morrow, July 19th, will be
as follows :
I Major General Thomas will press down from the
north on Atlanta, holding in strength the line of Peach Tree,
but crossing and tlii'eatening the enemy at all accessible points
to hold him there, and also taking advantage of any ground
gained, especially on the extreme right.
II Major General Schofield will move direct on
Decatur, and gain a footing on the railroad, holding it, break¬
ing the road and telegraph wire.
III Major General McPherson will move along the
railroad toward Decatur, and break the telegraph wires and
the railroad. In the case of the sounds of serious battle, he
will close in on General Schofield, but otherwise will keep
every man of his command at work in destroying the railroad,
by tearing up track, burning the ties and iron, and twisting the
bars when hot. Officers should be instructed that bars simply
bent may be used again, but if, when red hot, they are twisted
out of line, they cannot be used again. Pile the ties into shape
for a bonfire, put the rails across, and when red hot in the
middle, let a man at each end twist the bar so that its surface
become spiral. General McPherson will dispatch General
Garrard's cavalry eastward along the line of the railroad, to
continue the destruction as far as deemed prudent.
IV All the troops should be in motion at five (5)
o'clock a. m., and should not lose a moment's time until night,
when the lines should be closed on General Schofield about
Peavine and Decatur.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Decatur, Ga., July 19th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 38. )
First Lieutenant W. FT. Berry, Company L, 5th Illinois
Volunteer Cavalry, will proceed to his home in Illinois and
avail himself of a leave of absence there of twenty (20) days, at
the expiration of which time he will report to his regiment in
the held, wherever it may be.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Decatur, Ga., July 19th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 39. )
The whole army will move on Atlanta by the most direct
roads to-morrow, July 20th, beginning at five (5) o'clock a. m.,
as follows:
I Major General Thomas from the direction of
Buckhead, his left to connect with General Sciiofield's right
about two (2) miles northeast of Atlanta about lot 15, near the
houses marked as Howard and Colonel Hooker.
II Major General Sciiofield by the road leading
from Doctor Powell's to Atlanta.
III Major General McPherson will follow one or
more roads direct from Decatur to Atlanta, following substan¬
tially the railroad.
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Each army commander will accept battle on anything like
fair terms, but if the army reach within cannon range of the
city without receiving artillery or musketry fire, he will halt,
form a strong line with batteries in position, and await orders.
If fired on from the forts or buildings of Atlanta, no consider¬
ation will be paid to the fact that they are occupied by families,
but the place must be cannonaded without the formality of a
demand.
The General-in-Chief will bo with the centre of the army,
viz: with or near General Schofield.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 2lst, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 40.
The operations of the army to-morrow, July 22d, will be
as follows:
I Major Generals McPherson, Sciiofieed and
Howard will open a careful artillery fire on the town of
Atlanta, directing their shots so as to produce the best effect;
and each commander will endeavor to advance his line, if it
can be done without a direct assault on the enemy's parapets
held in force. They will keep their men well in hand to repel
assault, or to follow to the enemy's main line of entrenchments.
II Major General Thomas will put the whole or a
part of General McCook's cavalry to watch the peninsula
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between Peach Tree Creek and the Chattahoochee, and will
press his lines forward close upon the enemy, endeavoring' to
advance his right so as to extend across the railroad and main
road from Marietta.
By order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-rh'Cnmp,
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 22d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 41. S
The enemy having to-day withdrawn into his entrench¬
ments at Atlanta, and having assaulted our left, the following
general plan will be observed for to-morrow, July 23d, 1864:
I All the armies will entrench a strong front on
their present lines, and will hold in reserve as much infantry as
possible for offensive operations. Good batteries will be con¬
structed for the artillery, and a steady tire kept up on the city
of Atlanta.
II The trains will be kept behind the main centre,
Major General Howard's Corps, or close up to their own
reserves, and in the event of the enemy assaulting at any point,
all others should assault the enemy to their immediate front.
By carrying any one point of the enemy's present line, his
whole position becomes untenable.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 25th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 42. )
I The several armies and bodies of cavalry will
watch the enemy closely to their respective fronts, and in case
the enemy retreats towards the southeast, General Schofield
will follow directly through Atlanta, General Thomas by roads
on his right, and General Logan on his left. Generals Stone-
man's and Garrard's cavalry will move by a circle to the left
towards McDonough, break the railroad and strike the enemy
in front or flank; and Generals McCootc's and Colonel Harri¬
son's cavalry will move rapidly on Fayetteville and the rail¬
road beyond, breaking it, if possible, in advance of the enemy,
and striking the enemy in flank.
II Should the enemy remain, as now, on the defen¬
sive, inside of the fortifications of Atlanta, the Macon road must
be attacked by cavalry beyond Fayetteville and McDonough,
and the infantry must cover the line from the Howard House,
General Schofield's present centre, to General Davis' position
on the right, and the line extended east and south so as to
reach or threaten the railroad towards East Point. To this end
Generals Stoneman and Garrard will call in all detachments
and send to-morrow to Roswcll, or in rear of the infantry,
all crippled stock and encumbrances, prepared to move at day¬
light the next morning by a circuit to the left, so as to reach
the railroad below McDonough.
General Stoneman will command this cavalry force, but
will spare General Garrard's fatigued horses as much as pos¬
sible, using that command as a reserve, and his own as the
force with which to reach and break the railroad. In like man¬
ner General McCook will command the joint cavalry command,
his own, and of Colonel Harrison's, but will use Colonel Har¬
rison's fatigued command as a reserve, and his own to reach
the road and break it.
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The railroad, when reached, must be substantially de¬
stroyed for a space of from two to five miles; telegraph wires
pulled down, as far as possible, and hid in water or carried
away.
III Major General Schofield will prepare to draw
back his left division to the old rebel line, extending back from
the Howard House towards the road by which General
Stanley advanced, and be prepared, on the withdrawal of the
Army of the Tennessee, to hold that line as the left flank of the
Grand Army.
IV Major General Logan will to-morrow send all
his trains and sick and impediments to the rear of General
Thomas to any point near the mouth of Peach Tree Creek, and
during the early morning by moonlight, of the next day, viz :
Wednesday, July 27th, withdraw his army, corps by corps, and
move it to the right, forming on General Palmek, and advanc¬
ing the right as much as possible.
Y Major General Thomas having strongly fortified
his front, will hold it by an adequate force and hold the reserves
at points most convenient to move to the light, from which
point he will strike and destroy the railroad, or so occupy the
attention of the enemy that the cavalry may do its work com¬
pletely and effectually.
YI The cavalry will, unless otherwise ordered,
move out at daylight of Wednesday, 27th inst., and aim to
reach and break the railroad during the day or night of the
28th, and having accomplished this work will return to their
proper flanks of the army, unless the enemy should be discov¬
ered in retreat, when each force described will hang on the
flanks of the retreating enemy and obstruct his retreat by all
the energy in their power.
YII All commanders will arrange that their trains
be moved behind the Chattahoochee, or behind the centre of
the army during the time the cavalry is absent in the execution
of this duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-ile-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Is the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 26th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 43. j
I Upon the application of Major General Jno. A.
Logan, commanding the Army of the Tennessee in the Field,
Brigadier General J. M. Corse, Acting Inspector General of
this Army, is hereby relieved, and assigned to duty with the
Army and Department of the Tennessee, and will report in
person to General Logan, that he may be assigned to duty
according to his rank with troops.
II The General Commanding, in thus relieving
General Corse from a purely staff position, to enable him to
accept the higher and more appropriate one in connection
with troops in actual service, thanks him for the personal
and official services rendered during the present campaign near
his person.
III Captain E. D. Denig, Assistant Adjutant Gen¬
eral, Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the Department
and Army of the Ohio to the Department and Army of the
Cumberland, and will report without delay to Major General
Geo. H. Thomas, in the Field.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 2Gth, 1864.
Stecial Field Orders, 1
No. 44. )
I By direction of the President of the United States,
Major General O. O. Howard, United States Volunteers, is
assigned to command the Department and Army of the Ten¬
nessee. He will at once assume command of the Army of the
Tennessee in the field.
II Major General Geo. PI. Thomas, commanding
the Department and Army of the Cumberland, will relieve
General Howard of the command of the Fourth Army Corps,
that he may enter upon his new command, and will assign a
General to command the Fourth Corps until the orders of the
President are received.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In tile Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 29th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, "i
No. 45. )
I Upon application of the Department Commander,
the following named commissioned officers and enlisted men
are hereby ordered to report in person to Major General O. O.
Howard, commanding Department and Army of the Tennes¬
see, for assignment to duty with his command:
Lieutenant Colonel C. II. Howard, Assistant Inspector
General, Fourth Army Corps.
Major F. W. Osborne, 1st New York Artillery.
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Captain W. M. Beebee, 41st Regiment Ohio Infantry Vol¬
unteers.
Private Jos. A. Sladder, 33d Regiment Massachusetts
Infantry Volunteers.
Private Lewis Clark, 57th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Volunteers.
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 30tli, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 46. )
I In pursuance of notification from the Inspectors
Generals' Department at "Washington, D. C., it is hereby
announced that the President of the United States has this day
appointed the following officers, viz:
Colonel William Grose, 36th Indiana Volunteers,
" Charles C. Walcutt, 46th Ohio "
" James P. Reilly, 104th Ohio "
" Luther P. Bradley, 51st Illinois "
" John W. Sprague, 63d Ohio "
" James A. Cooper, 6th Tennessee "
" John T. Croxton, 4th Kentucky "
" William W. Belknap, 15th Iowa "
as Brigadier Generals of Volunteers.
II The several department and army commanders
with whom these officers are serving, will at once assign them
to duty according to their rank with troops.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., July 31st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 47. )
I The following named enlisted men are hereby
relieved from duty at these headquarters, and will report to
their proper command:
Sergeant Lewis Richards,
Private W. J. Merritt,
" Charles "Warren,
" R. W. Foster,
J. W. Moon,
" Henry Greusley,
'• L. N. Bennett,
" Reuben Rock,
" John Belden,
" E. L. Mills,
" E. W. Kinsey,
Co, E, 8th Iowa Cavalry,
Co. K, 15th Penn.
Co. H, <<
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., August 1st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 48. )
I During the next series of operations, General
Thomas will be the left, General Howard centre, and General
Schoeield the right Army. The two Divisions of Generals
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Davis and Ward will continue to be held in reserve toward
the right, and in case the enemy attack that flank, these Divi¬
sions will report to, and during- the action obey, General Scho-
field's orders. When not engaged, General Thomas will post
them so as to cover his communications from danger coming
from the southeast.
II Brigadier General Garrard's cavalry will
relieve General Schofield 011 the left and occupy in part his
trenches, patrol the roads about Decatur, and picket toward
Roswell. He will report to General Thomas, and be iirenared
to sally out as cavalry, from his trenches, in case of necessity.
III All trains of wagons going to and from the
depots of Vining's and Marietta, will follow roads converging
at the railroad bridge, and never go north of Buckhead or
south of Turner's.
IV General Thomas will cause a new infantry
flank to be prepared on his left, north of the Buckhead road,
connecting General Stanley's front lines with the old rebel
parapet near Peach Tree Creek.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 2d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 49. )
I Brigadier General T. E. G. Ransom, United
States Volunteers, having—in pursuance of Special Orders No.
34, Par. iv, dated Headquarters Armies of the United States,
June 12th, 1864—reported for duty, is hereby assigned to duty
with the Department and Army of the Tennessee, and will
report in person to Major General O. O. Howard, com¬
manding.
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II The following named commissioned officers and
enlisted men are hereby detailed for courier duty at these
headquarters, viz:
First Lieutenant J. J. Howard, Co. D, 17th Ind. Inf. Yols.
Sergeant Edward E. Lemon, " "
Corporal Abel Pugh, Co. A, 123c! Ills.
Private Andrew J. Dill, Co. D, 17th Ind.
" Henry B.Greenwood, Co. H, "
" Russel Earle, Co. E
" George Keller, Co. C
" John Fincher, Co. F
" Edwin Hill, Co. F, 123d Ills.
" Rich'd H. Hampton, Co. B
" Samuel Dealy, Co. E
" John Davis, Co. F
" William Meadows, Co. E, 92d Ind.
' Milton Hawkins, Co. C
" Henry Longberger, Co.H
" William Yenky, Co.K
S. Hawkins, Co. D
" H. F. Baichly, Co. D, 98th Ills.
" Thomas Siddons, Co. C
" J. M. Holmes, Co. E
" Joseph Abbott, Co. B
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga , August 3d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 50. )
I The 1st Regiment of Missouri Engineers and
Mechanics is here by transferred from the Department of the
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Cumberland to the Department of the Tennessee, and will pro¬
ceed with all dispatch to join the army in the field, reporting
to Major General O. O. Howard, commanding.
II The Quartermaster's Department at Nashville
will furnish transportation by cars for the men and tools.
By ordke op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Cani]).
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., August 4th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 51. )
The order of movement of the army to-day will be as
follows:
I Major General Schofield, with his own com¬
mand, and General Palmer's Corps, will move directly on the
railroad which leads south out of Atlanta, at any point between
Whitehall and East Point, and will not stop until he has
absolute control of that railroad, but must not extend more to
the right than is absolutely necessary to that end.
TI .Major Generals Thomas and Howard will press
close on the enemy at all points, and reinforce well the points
of the line where the enemy is most likely to sally, viz: on the
Decatur, Buckhead and Turner's Ferry roads, but more espe¬
cially watch the outlet along the railroad, viz: General Wil¬
liams' front.
Ill On the right we must assume the offensive, and
every man be prepared to fight, leaving knapsacks, &c., in the
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present trenches. "Wagons will not be taken east of (Jtoy
Creek until General Schofield has secured position on the
railroad, or so near it that it can be reached by musket balls
and cannister. If necessary, to secure this end, ordinary
parapets must be charged and carried, and every hour's delay
enables the enemy to strengthen. Therefore, let it be done
to-day.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 5th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 52. )
I Brigadier General John McArthur is hereby
assigned to the command of the district of country embracing
Kenesaw, Marietta, Roswell and the west bank of the Chatta¬
hoochee River and the Sweetwater.
1. He is charged with guarding the railroad from Big
Shanty to the Chattahoochee, and protecting our stores at
Marietta and Yining's.
2. He will personally visit the points of interest and dis¬
tribute the troops embraced in his command according to his
judgment, and cause redoubts and block houses to be at once
made, to give additional security to the railroad and places of
deposit.
3. He will cause camps to be prepared — one for each of
the armies in the field — where he will assemble the detach¬
ments of recruits and convalescents arriving, and sick and
discharged men going to the rear, and give dispatch to their
movements.
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4. He will report to and receive instructions directly from
these headquarters.
II In pursuance of orders from Lieutenant General
Grant, Commanding the Armies of the United States, the 10th
Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers is hereby transferred
from the Department and Army of the Cumberland to the
Department of the Tennessee, and the commanding officer will
report to Major General O. O. Howard, commanding.
III In order that the relative strength of the armies
may remain unchanged, the 17th Regiment New York Volun¬
teers, Infantry, is hereby transferred from the Department of
the Tennessee to the Department of the Cumberland, and the
commanding officer will report to Major General Geo. H.
Thomas, commanding.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 7th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 53. )
I The following officers, being the seniors of their
departments with the army in the field, are hereby relieved
from duty with the Department of the Cumberland, and will in
person report at these headquarters for duty, viz:
Lieutenant Colonel L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster,
Captain T. G. Baylor, Chief Ordnance Officer.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 12th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 54. J
I Captain J. H. Hogan, Company G, 1st Begiment
Alabama Cavalry, is hereby assigned as Ordnance Officer in
charge of a general field ordnance depot for supplying the
army in the field, and will report to Captain T. G. Baylor,
Chief of Ordnance Military Division of the Mississippi, for
instructions.
II All ordnance and ordnance stores at the present
field depots will be turned over to Captain Hogan, and these
depots discontinued.
III The 9th Begiment Ohio Cavalry Volunteers is
hereby transferred from the Department and Army of the Ten¬
nessee to the Department and Army of the Ohio, and the com¬
manding officer will report to Major General J. M. Schofield,
commanding Department.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 14th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 55. )
I Brigadier General W. B. Hazen, United States
Volunteers, with the consent of his present commanding offi¬
cers, is hereby transferred from the Department of the
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Cumberland to the Department of the Tennessee, and will
report in person to Major General O. O. Howard, com¬
manding, that he may be assigned to the command of a divi¬
sion according to his rank.
II Captain W. N. Bucke, 52d Regiment Ohio Vol¬
unteers, Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as Military
Conductor of United States railroads, Military Division of the
Mississippi, and will, without delay, report to the command¬
ing officer of his regiment, in the field.
III Private Charles Mumaugh, Company I, 5th
Ohio Cavalry Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty as
Orderly at these headquarters, and will at once join his
regiment.
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 15th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, j
No. 56. J
I Captain Emanuel Giesy, Assistant Quartermas¬
ter, United States Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the
Department of the Cumberland to the Department of the Ten¬
nessee, and will report in person to Major General O. O. How¬
ard, commanding.
II The following officers and enlisted men are
hereby assigned to duty at the general ordnance supply
depot of the army in the field, and will report in person to
Captain Hogan, in charge, for instructions, viz:
Captain J. IT. Gilmore, Co. B, 117th 111. Vols.
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Second Lieutenant Henry P. Webb, 111th Reg. U. c° '
oi'ed troops.
Corporal William Turner, Co. E, 50th Reg. 111. Vols.
Private J. B. Carman, Co. B, 117th
" John Carver, Co. C, 25th
'£ Henry Coon, Detachment 6th
" Allen Lewis, Co. II, 81st
G. W. Cook, " "
" Moses Likens, " "
" William Webb, " 2d
By order of Mij. Gen. W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
" Wis. Vols.
" Ohio Vols.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 16th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 57. j
The movement of the army against the Macon railroad will
begin Thursday night, August 18th, and will be continued on
the following general plan:
I All army commanders will send across the Chat¬
tahoochee river, and within the old rebel works at the bridge,
and down as far as Turner's Ferry, all surplus wagons, horses,
men and materials not absolutely necessary to the success of
the expedition, and will collect in their wagons with best teams
bread, meat, sugar, coffee, &c., for fifteen (15) days after the
nineteenth (19th) instant, and ammunition, and park them
near Utoy Creek.
First Move.—General Kilpatrick's Cavalry will move to
Camp Creek; General Schofield will cover the Campbelton
road, and General Thomas will move one Corps (General Wil¬
liams') to the Chattahoochee bridge, with orders to hold it—
Paice's Ferry bridge and a pontoon bridge (Captain Kossack's)
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at Turner's Ferry, ready to be laid down if necessary. The
other corps, General Stanley's, will move south of Proctor's
Creek to near the Utoy, behind the right centre of the Army of
the Tennessee, prepared to cover the Bell's Ferry road. Gen¬
eral Garrard's cavalry will fall behind Peach Tree Creek and
act against the enemy should he sally against General Wil¬
liams' or General Stanley's corps during the movement.
Second Move.—The Army of the Tennessee will withdraw,
cross Utoy Creek, and move by the most direct road towards
Fairborn, going as far as Camp Creek. General Thomas will
mass his two corps, Generals Stanley's and Johnson's, below
Utoy Creek, and General Garrard's cavalry will join General
Thomas by the most direct road, or by way of Sandtown
bridge, and act with him during the rest of the move.
General Schofield will advance abreast of, and in com¬
munication with, the Army of the Tennessee, as far as Camp
Creek.
Third Move.—The Armies of the Ohio and Tennessee will
move direct for the West Point road, aiming to strike it be¬
tween Red Oak and Fairborn. General Thomas will follow,
well closed up in two columns, the trains between. General
Kilpatrick will act as the advance, and General Garrard
will cover the rear under direction of General Thomas.
The bridges at Sandtown will be kept and protected by a
detachment of cavalry detailed by General Elliott, with a
section of guns or four (4) gun battery.
II During the movement, and until the army
returns to the river, the utmost care will be taken to expose as
little as possible the trains of cars and wagons. The depots at
the bridge, at Alatoona and Marietta, will be held against any
attack, and communication kept up with the army as far as
possible by way of Sandtown. On reaching any railroad, the
troops will at once be disposed for defense, and at least one-
third put to work to tear up track, and destroy iron, ties and
all railroad materials.
By order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, neak Atlanta, August 19th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 58. )
I Brigadier General It. W. Johnson, United States
Volunteers, is hereby announced as Chief of Cavalry of the
Military Division of the Mississippi. He will take post at
Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee.
II General Johnson, as Chief of Cavalry, will
have charge of all remounts, care of horses that are issued to
the cavalry by the Quartermaster's Department or by the pur¬
chasing officers of the Cavalry Bureau; will direct their issue,
and determine the order in which horses shall be issued, giving
preference always to the best cavalry troops dismounted, or to
such as take best care of their horses.
III He will, from time to time, make inspection of
the different cavalry commands; will make his reports to the
head of the Cavalry Bureau, Washington, D. C., and to these
headquarters, and may call for reports of all men, horses,
equipments, arms, etc., pertaining to that branch of service in
this command.
IV Private J. G. Lidy, Company C, 35th Ohio
Volunteers, Infantry, is hereby assigned to duty at the general
ordnance supply depot for the army in the field, and will report
to Captain J, H. Hogan, in charge.
Br Order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HE AD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
•In the Field, near Atlanta, August 23d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 59. )
In order to carry out the provisions of the Act of Congress
approved July 2, 1864, and the regulations of the Secretary of
the Treasury relative to trade and intercourse with States and
parts of States in insurrection, and to make the operations of
trade just and fair, both as to the people and to the merchant,
the following general rules will be observed in this military
division, as near as the state of the country will permit.
I All trade is prohibited near armies in the field, or
moving columns of troops, save that necessary to supply the
wants of the troops themselves. Quartermasters and Commis¬
saries will take such supplies as are needed in the countries
passed through, leaving receipts and taking the articles up on
their returns. When cotton is found, and transportation to the
rear is easy, and does not interfere with the supplies to the
army dependent upon the route, the Quartermaster will ship the
cotton to the Quartermaster at Nashville or Memphis, who will
deliver it to the agent of the Treasury Department. It will be
treated as captured property of an enemy, and invoiced accord¬
ingly. No claim of private interest in it will be entertained by
the military authorities.
II In departments and military districts embracing
a country within our military control, the commanders of such
departments and districts may permit a trade in articles not
contraband of war or damaging to the operations of the army
at the front, through the properly appointed agents and sub-
agents of the Treasury Department, to an extent proportionate
to the necessities of the peaceful and worthy inhabitants of the
localities described; but as trade and the benefits of civil gov¬
ernment are conditions not only of fidelity of the people, but
also of an ability to maintain peace and order in their district,
county or locality, commanding officers will give notice that
all trade will cease where guerrillas are tolerated or encouraged,
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and moreover, that in such districts and localities, the army or
detachments sent to maintain the peace must be maintained by
the district or locality that tolerates or encourages such guer¬
rillas.
Ill All military officers will assist the agents of the
Treasury Department in securing possession of all abandoned
property and estates subject to confiscation under the law.
IY The use of weapons for hunting purposes is too
dangerous to be allowed at this time, and therefore the intro¬
duction of all arms and powder, percussion caps, bullets, shot,
lead, or anything used in connection with fire-arms is prohibited
absolutely, save by the proper agents of the United States; and
when the inhabitants require and can be trusted with such
things for self defense, or for aiding in maintaining the peace
and safety of their families and property, commanding officers
may issue the same out of the public stores in limited
quantities.
Y Medicines and clothing, as well as salt, meats and
provisions, being quasi-contraband of war, according to the
condition of the district or locality where offered for sale, will
be regulated by local commanders in connection with the
agents of the Treasury Department.
YI In articles non-contraband, such as the clothing
needed for women and children, groceries and imported arti¬
cles, the trade should be left to the Treasury agents, as matters
too unimportant to be noticed by military men.
YII When military officers can indicate a prefer¬
ence to the class of men allowed to trade, they will always give
preference to men who have served the Government as soldiers,
and are wounded or incapacitated from further service by such
wounds or sickness. Men who manifest loyalty by oaths, and
nothing more, are entitled to live, but not to ask favors of a
Government that demands acts and personal sacrifices.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp-
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, August 24th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 60. )
It being' represented by A. W. Smith, special agent for the
Post Office Department, that the mail cars are daily encum¬
bered with about fifty men detailed by divisions, brigades and
regiments, who profess to be after their mails, but are in reality
engaged in traffic, it is ordered:
I The special agent of the Post Office Department
will bring the army mail to the nearest practicable point by
rail to the army, and there deliver the bags only to corps mes¬
sengers, duly appointed by a corps order approved by the
army commander.
II Each army corps commander will arrange to
receive his mail of the agent of the Post Office Department at
the end of the railroad, and will have it brought to his head¬
quarters, and there distributed to divisions, brigades and regi¬
ments, according to his own plan.
III Army commanders, viz: Cumberland, Tennes¬
see and Ohio, may send special messengers through to Nash¬
ville, Chattanooga and Knoxville and back, but these must
confine their business to that defined in their written orders.
The same privilege cannot be conceded to any others, because
we have not the facilities and quantity of cars needed for more
than the absolute necessities of the army.
IV Captain C. H. Pice, Co. F, 46th Regiment Ohio
Volunteers, is hereby detailed as Military Conductor on United
States military railroads, and will report to Colonel Parkiiurst,
Provost Marshal General, Department of the Cumberland.
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Y Private Richard S. Gossett, Co. G, 17tli Regi¬
ment Indiana Volunteers, is hereby detailed for courier duty
at these headquarters, and will report to Lieutenant J. J.
Howard, commanding, for duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, August 31st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 61. )
I In compliance with directions from the Secretary
of War, Lieutenant Kilburn Knox, 13th Regiment United
States Infantry, is hereby ordered to report in person to the
Adjutant General of the Army.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Lovejoy's, September 3d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 62. )
The General commanding announces with great pleasure
that he has official information that our troops under Major
General Slocum occupied Atlanta yesterday, at eleven o'clock
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a. m., the enemy having' evacuated the night before, destroyed
vast magazines of stores, and blowing up, among other things,
eighty car loads of ammunition, which accounts for the sounds
heard by us on the night of the 1st inst. Our present task is
therefore well done, and all work of destruction 011 the railroad
will cease.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Love.toy's, September 3d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 63. )
I Army commanders will, during to-day, seud to
Jonesboro all sick and wounded men, all empty wagons and
prisoners of war, also all surplus wheels not needed for a five
days' stay in front, ready to start to-morrow morning at six
(6) o'clock from Jonesboro for Atlanta. Each army will send
a regiment to escort these wagons, and General Thomas will
send an experienced Colonel to conduct the train into Atlanta,
there to await further orders.
II The army will be prepared to move back to¬
morrow, or next day—the Army of the Cumberland to Atlanta
and Chattahoochee bridge, the Army of the Tennessee to East
Point, and the Army of the Ohio to Decatur. Major General
Thomas will have General Garrard's cavalry ready to act as
rear guard.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Love,toy's, September 4th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 64. )
The army having accomplished its undertaking in the com¬
plete reduction and occupation of Atlanta, will occupy the
place, and the country near it, until a new campaign is planned
in concert with the other grand armies of the United States.
I The Army of the Cumberland will occupy the
city and its communications with Chattanooga, the Army of
the Tennessee will occupy East Point and the right flank, and
the Army of the Ohio the town of Decatur and the left flank.
The cavalry will occupy Sandtown, Roswell, and other points
on the flanks and along our line of communication.
II To withdraw to the posts herein designated, the
Army of the Cumberland will withdraw—
1st—To Jonesboro;
2d—To Rough and Ready, and
3d—To Atlanta, leaving the cavalry to bring up the rear in
the manner herein prescribed.
III The Army of the Tennessee will move in con¬
cert with that of the Cumberland—
1st—To its old position near Jonesboro;
2d—Across the Flint river to about Morrow's Mill, and
3d—To East Point and the head of Camp Creek.
IV The Army of the Ohio will also move in concert
with that of the Cumberland—
1st—To a point near Jonesboro;
2d—To some point within two miles and east of Rough
and Ready; and last, to Decatur.
V General Kilpatrick's cavalry will cover the left
rear of the Army of the Tennessee, and that of General Gar¬
rard the right rear of the Army of the Ohio, until they reach
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the positions assigned in this order, when the cavalry com¬
mands will move to the points designated, viz: Sandtown and
Roswell.
VI The General-in-Chief will give notice when the
movement will begin, and after reaching Atlanta, will establish
headquarters in Atlanta, and afford the army an opportunity
to have a full month's rest, with every chance to organize,
receive pay, replenish clothing, and prepare for a fine winter's
campaign.
By order of Major General "W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Love joy's, September 4th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 65. )
I Captain Orleman, 119th Regiment New York
Volunteers, Infantry, will immediately report in person to
Captain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer of the Military Division of
the Mississippi, for assignment to duty in the Engineer Depart¬
ment.
II Sergeant Charles H. Maydwell, Company D,
15th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers, Infantry, is hereby
detailed as clerk in the Ordnance Department at these head¬
quarters, and will report in person to Captain T. G. Baylor —
to take effect August 11th, 1864.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OP THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Jonesboro, Ga., September Gth, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 66.
I The General-in-Chief communicates with a feeling
of just pride and satisfaction, the following orders of the Presi¬
dent of the United States, and telegram of Lieutenant General
U. S. Grant, on hearing of the capture of Atlanta:
1st—
"Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C.,
September 3d, 1864.
The national thanks are rendered hv the President to Major
General W. T. Sherman and the gallant officers and soldiers of his
command before Atlanta, for the distinguished ability, courage and
perseverance displayed in the campaign in Georgia which, under
Divine favor, has resulted in the capture of the city of Atlanta. The
marches, battles, sieges, and other military operations that have
signalized the campaign, must render it famous in the annals of war,
and have entitled those who have participated therein to the applause
and thanks of the nation.
(Signed)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President of the United States."
2d—
"Executive Mansion, Washington City,
September 3d, 1864.
Ordered :
First: That on Monday, the 5th day of September, commenc¬
ing at the hour of twelve o'clock, noon, there shall be given a salute
of one hundred (100) guns at the Arsenal and Navy Yard, Washing¬
ton, and on Tuesday, the 6th day of September, or on the day after
the receipt of this order, at each arsenal and navy yard in the United
States, for the recent brilliant achievements of the Fleet and land
forces of the United States, in the harbor of Mobile, and in the reduc¬
tion of Fort Powell, Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan. The Secretary
of War and Secretary of Navy will issue the necessary directions, in
their respective Departments, for the execution of this order.
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Sound: That on Wednesday, the 7th day of September, com¬
mencing at the hour of twelve o'clock, m., there shall he fired a
salute of one hundred (100) guns at the Arsenal at Washington, and at
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Newport,
(Kentucky), St. Louis, New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Hilton
Head and Newbern, or the day after the receipt of this order, for the
brilliant achievements of the army under command of Major General
Sherman in the State of Georgia, and the capture of Atlanta. The
Secretary of War will issue directions for the execution of this order.
(Signed)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President of the United States."
3d—
"City Point, Va.,
September 4th, 9 p. m., 1864.
Major General Sherman :
I have just received your dispatch announcing the capture of
Atlanta. In honor of your great victory, I have ordered a salute to
be fired with shotted guns, from every battery bearing upon the
enemy. The salute will be fired within an hour amidst great
rejoicing.
(Signed)
IT. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General."
II All the corps, regiments and batteries composing
this army may, without further orders, inscribe "Atlanta" on
their colors.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 8th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 67. j
I The city of Atlanta being exclusively required
for warlike purposes, will at once be vacated by all except the
armies of the United States, and such civilian employees as
may be retained by the proper departments of Government.
II The Chief Quartermaster, Colonel E aston, will
at once take possession of buildings of all kinds, and of all
staple articles, such as cotton, tobacco, etc., and will make such
disposition of them as are required by existing regulations, or
such orders as he may receive from time to time from the
proper authorities.
III The Chief Engineer will promptly reconnoitre
the city and suburbs, and indicate the sites needed for the per¬
manent defense of the place, together with any houses, sheds
or shanties that stand in his way, that they may be set apart
for destruction. Colonel Easton will then, on consultation
with the proper officers of the Ordnance, Quartermaster, Com¬
missary, Medical and Railroad Departments, set aside such
buildings and lots of ground as will be needed for them, and
have them suitably marked and set apart. He will then, on
consultation with Generals Thojias and Slocum, set apart such
as may be necessary to the proper administration of the mili¬
tary duties of the Department of the Cumberland and of the
post of Atlanta; and all buildings and materials not thus
embraced will be held subject to the use of the Government, as
may hereafter arise, according to the just rules of the Quarter¬
master's Department.
IV No General, staff or other officer, or any soldier,
will, on any pretence, occupy any house or shanty, unless it be
embraced in the limits assigned as the camp of the troops to
which such General or staff belongs; but the Chief Quar¬
termaster may allow the troops to use boards, shingles or
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materials of buildings, barns, sheds, warehouses and shanties not
needed by the proper Departments of Government, to be used
in the reconstruction of such shanties and bivouacs as the troops
and officers serving- with them require, and he will also provide,
as early as practicable, the proper allowance of tents for the
use of the officers and men in their encampments.
V In proper time, just arrangements will be made
for the supply, to the troops, of all articles they may need over
and above the clothing, provisions, etc., furnished by Govern¬
ment, and on no pretense whatever, will traders, manufac¬
turers or sutlers be allowed to settle in the limits of fortified
places, and if these manage to come in spite of this notice, the
Quartermaster will seize their stores and appropriate them to
the use of the troops, and deliver the parties—or other un¬
authorized citizens who thus place their individual interests
above that of the United States—in the hands of some Provost
Mar-shal to be put to labor on the forts, or conscripted into one
of the regiments or batteries already in service.
YI The same general principles will apply to all
military posts south of Chattanooga.
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp,
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 8th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 68. S
The officers and soldiers of the Annies of the Cumberland,
Ohio and Tennessee, have already received the thanks of the
nation, through its President and Commander-in-Chief, and it
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now remains only for him who has been with you from the
beginning, and who intends to stay all the time, to thank the
officers and men for their intelligence, fidelity and courage, as
displayed in the campaign of Atlanta.
On the 1st of May our armies were lying in garrison, seem-
ingly quiet, from Knoxville to Huntsville, and our enemy lay
behind his rocky faced barrier at Dalton, proud, defiant and
exulting. He had had time since Christmas to recover from
his discomfiture on the Mission Ridge, with his ranks filled, and
a new Commander-in-Chief, and second to none of the Confed¬
eracy in reputation for skill, sagacity and extreme popularity.
All at once our armies assumed life and action, and appeared
before Dalton. Threatening Rocky Face, we threw ourselves
upon Resacca, and the rebel army only escaped by the rapidity
of its retreat, aided by the numerous roads with which he was
familiar, and which were strange to us. Again he took post in
Alatoona, but we gave him no rest, and by our circuit towards
Dallas and subsequent movement to Acworth, we gained the
Alatoona Pass. Then followed the eventful battles about Ken-
esaw, and the escape of the enemy across the Chattahoochee
river.
The crossing of the Chattahooche and breaking of the
Augusta road was most handsomely executed by us, and will
be studied as an example in the art of war. At this stage of
our game our enemies became dissatisfied with their old and
skillful commander and selected one more bold and rash. New
tactics were adopted. Hood, first boldly and rapidly, on the
20th of July, fell on our right at Peach Tree Creek, and lost.
Again, on the 22d, he struck our extreme left, and was severely
punished; and finally, again, on the 28th, he repeated the
attempt on our right, and that time must have become satisfied,
for since that date he has remained on the defensive. We
slowly and gradually drew our lines about Atlanta, feeling for
the railroad which supplied the rebel army, and made Atlanta
a place of importance.
We must concede to our enemy that he met these efforts
patiently and skillfully, but at last he made the mistake we had
waited for so long, and sent his cavalry to our rear, far beyond
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the reach of recall. Instantly our cavalry was on his only
remaining road, and we followed quickly with our principal
army, and Atlanta fell into our possession as the fruit of well
concerted measures, backed by a brave and confident army.
This completed the grand task which had been assigned us by
our Goveniment, and your General again repeats his personal
and official thanks to all the officers and men composing this
army for the indomitable courage and perseverance which alone
could give success.
We have beaten our enemy on every ground he has chosen,
and have wrested from him his own gate city, where were
located his foundries, arsenals and workshops, deemed secure
on account of their distance from the base, and the seemingly
impregnable obstacles intervening.
Nothing is impossible to an army like this, determined to
vindicate a government which has rights wherever our flag has
once floated, and is resolved to maintain them at any and all
costs.
In our campaign many, yea, very many of our noble and
gallant comrades have preceded us to our common destination—
the grave. But they have left the memory of deeds on which
a nation can build a proud history. McPherson, IIaeker,
McCook and others, dear to us all, are now the binding links
in our minds that should attach more closely together the living,
who have to complete the task which still lays before us in the
dim future.
I ask all to continue, as they have so well begun, the cultiva¬
tion of the soldierly virtues that have ennobled our own and
other countries: courage, patience, obedience to the laws and
constituted authorities of our Government, fidelity to our trust,
and good feeling among each other, each trying to excel the
other in the practice of those high qualities, and it will then
require no prophet to foretell that our country will, in time,
emerge from this war purified by the fires of war, and worthy
its great Founder, "Washington.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Catnp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 9th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 69. )
I The following named officers are hereby relieved
from duty with the Department and Army of the Cumberland,
and will report for duty to Colonel L. C. Easton, Chief Quar¬
termaster Military Division of the Mississippi:
Captain John Stewart, Ass't Q. M., U. S. Vols.
" Robert w. Wetiterill, " " "
" E. J. Smith, " " "
" E. Hade, " " "
" Thomas Paemer, " " '*
" A. S. Flagg, " " "
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 10th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 70. )
I Pursuant to an agreement between General J. B.
Hood, commanding the Confederate forces in Georgia, and
Major General W. T. Sherman, commanding this army, a
truce is hereby declared to exist from daylight of Monday, Sep¬
tember 12th, until daylight of Thursday, September 22d, being
ten (10) full days, at the point of the Macon railroad known as
Rough and Ready, and the country roundabout for a circle ol
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two (2) miles' radius, together with the roads leading to and
from in the direction of Atlanta and Lovejoy's station respec¬
tively, for the purpose of affording the people of Atlanta a safe
means of removal to points south.
II The Chief Quartermaster at Atlanta, Colonel
Easton, will afford all the people of Atlanta who elect to go
south, all the facilities he can spare to remove them comfort¬
ably and safely with their effects to Rough and Read}-, using
cars, wagons and ambulances for that purpose; and com¬
manders of regiments and brigades may use their regimental
and staff teams to carry out the object of this order, the whole
to cease after "Wednesday, the 21st inst.
III Major General Thomas will cause a guard to be
established on the road out, beyond the camp ground, with
orders to allow all wagons or vehicles to pass, that are mani¬
festly used for this purpose, without undue search; and Major
General Howard will send a guard of one hundred (100) men,
with a field officer in command, to take post at Rough and
Ready, during the truce, with orders, in concert with a guard of
like size from the Confederate army, to maintain the most perfect
order in that vicinity during the transfer of these families.
A white flag will be displayed during the truce, and the
guard will cause all wagons to leave at 4 p. m. of Wednesday,
the 21st, and the guard to withdraw at dark, the truce to ter¬
minate next morning.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 12th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 71. )
I Private Geo. R. Hayden, Company B, 24th Regi¬
ment Wisconsin Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed as
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clerk in the Adjutant General's office at these headquarters, and
will report in person without delay.
II Private John Wilson, Company 1), 30th Regi¬
ment Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed as clerk
in the Engineer Department of the Military Division of the
Mississippi, and will report in person, without delay, to Cap¬
tain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer Military Division of the Mis¬
sissippi, for duty.
III Pursuant to instructions from the War Depart¬
ment, the following officers will report in person to Hon. O. P.
Morton, Governor of Indiana, at Indianapolis, Indiana, for
special duty. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish
transportation:
Brigadier General Nathaniel Ivimball, U. S. Volunteers,
Colonel Benjamin Harrison, 70th Reg't Ind. Vol. Iui'y,
Lieut. Col. W. J. B. McIntyre, 12d " " "
Chaplain W. W. Curry, 53d " " "
Colonel E. Anderson, 12th " " Cav'y,
Surgeon R. W. Wellman, 9th " " "
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 13th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 72. )
I In order to enable the citizens of Atlanta the more
easily to comply with Special Field Orders No. 70, from these
headquarters, the Chief Quartermaster, Colonel L. C. Easton,
and Colonel A. Beckwitii, Chief Commissary, may receive
from them all reasonable quantities of forage, subsistence stores
and beef cattle, and pay the market rate prices for the same.
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II No restrictions are placed upon citizens a.s regards
the sale of any private property they may own, but all cotton,
tobacco, mules and horses will be taken for the benefit of the
Government, and a certificate given the owner or claimant
for the same; but no payment will be made for tins kind of
property, as it must be disposed of as required by existing
orders and regulations.
By order of Ma.tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 14th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 73. S
I Leave of absence for twenty (20) days, beyond
the limits of the Military Division of the Mississippi, is hereby
granted Captain N. Merkitt, Additional Aid-de-Camp, on
duty with Brigadier General Barry, Chief of Artillery.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September I6th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 73. ^
I Leave of absence is granted Colonel L. C. Eas-
ton, Chief Quartermaster Military Division of the Mississippi,
for twenty (20) days, with permission to apply to the Adjutant
General for an extension.
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II Private Frederick Auguste Fisher, Company
A, 58th Regiment New York Volunteers, Infantry, is hereby
detailed for extra duty in the Chief Engineer's office, Military
Division of the Mississippi, and will report without delay to
Captain O. M. Poe.
III The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed as orderlies in the Quartermaster's Department, and
will report to Colonel L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster Mili¬
tary Division of the Mississippi:
Private John Habb, 10th Reg't Ohio Volunteer Inf y,
" Michael Fisher, " " " "
IV Private Ferdinand Markel, Company F, 27tli
Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Infantry, is hereby detailed for
duty in the Ordnance Department, and will report for assign¬
ment to Captain E. F. Townsend, at Nashville.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de- Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Atlanta, September 17th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 74. )
I In order that the officers and soldiers may procure
the useful supplies not embraced in the ration table or furnished
as anti-scorbutics, each army commander may establish a store
near his main camp, viz: General Thomas in Atlanta, General
Howard at East Point, and General Schofield at Decatur,
subject to such tariff of prices, and regulated in such manner
as each commander may prescribe, to insure fair prices and
good order. No credits will he enforced by the Government.
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II The Quartermaster in charge of transportation at
Nashville may furnish free transportation for these stores, at
the rate of one (1) car of 8 tons per day, and this car will be
subdivided between the three armies in the ratio of four (4)
tons for the Army of the Cumberland, two and one-half (2£) for
the Army of the Tennessee, and one and one-half (1£) for the
Army of the Ohio. Adams & Co. can have one (1) express
car per day for parcels and packages, under existing rules and
regulations.
Br order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 18th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 75. )
I Brigadier General Jos. K. Knipe, United States
Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the Department of the
Cumberland to the Department of the Tennessee, and will
report to Major General O. O. Howard, commanding, for
instructions.
II.. Brigadier General Henry Prince, United States
Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the Department of the
Tennessee to the Department of the Cumberland, and will
report to Major General George H. Thomas, commanding, for
instructions.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 20th, 18G4.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 76. ^
I The following telegram just received from Wash¬
ington :
"Washington, September 20th, 1864.
Major General Sherman :
Yesterday, Monday, the 19th, Major General Sheridan attacked
the rebel forces under Generals Breckinridge and Early, near
Bunker Hill, in the Shenandoah valley, fought a hard battle all day,
and a brilliant victory was won by our forces. The enemy were
driven off twelve miles. Two thousand five hundred prisoners were
captured, nine stand of colors, five pieces of artillery were taken, and
the rebel killed and wounded left in our hands. The rebel Generals
Rhodes and Gordon were killed ; four other rebel Generals wounded.
(Signed)
E. M. STANTON."
The General-i n -Chief communicates to the command with
much pleasure.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 21st, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 77.
I ....Second Lieutenant James Cox, 7th Company
Independent Ohio Volunteer S. S., will at once proceed to
Nashville, Tennessee, and report to Captain Rochester, at
headquarters, and is hereby g ranted leave of absence for twenty
(20) days from the time of reporting.
II Captain J. C. Audenried, Aid-de-Cainp, will
proceed to Washington, D. C., as bearer of dispatches, and
report to Major General PI. W. Haleeck, Chief of Staff. Hav¬
ing delivered his dispatches, he will avail himself of a leave of
absence for twenty (20) days, at the expiration of which lie
will report to the General commanding in the field.
III Captain R. T. Coverdale will proceed to Nash¬
ville, Tennessee, and report to Captain M. Rochester, Assist¬
ant Adjutant General, for duty.
IV Leave of absence for twenty (20) days from
Nashville. Tennessee, to pass beyond the limits of this com¬
mand, is hereby granted to Lieutenant A. T. Verpeanck, Aid-
de-Camp to Brigadier General Barry, Chief of Artillery, Mili-
taiy Division of the Mississippi.
Y Private A. Cornevin, 9th Michigan Cavalry,
Volunteers, is hereby detailed as clerk in the Chief Engineer's
office, Military Division of the Mississippi, and will report
without delay to Captain O. M. Poe, for duty.
VI The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the Military Post Office at Atlanta, and
will report to Mr. W. L. Kelley, special agent, in charge:
Sergeant John W. Moore, Co. A, 10th Reg. Ky. Inf. Vols.
Corporal Frank S. Keere, " " " "
Private John N. Pease, Co. H, 86th Reg. 111. Inf. Vols.
Private Ed. Gardner, Co. G, U. S. Y. Y. Engineers.
This detail to cease whenever the commands to which the
men belong are ordered into the field, at which time they will
at once join for duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTE 1?S MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 22d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 78. )
I Lieutenant Howard, Regimental Quarter¬
master 107th Regiment New York Infantry, Volunteers, will
report to Colonel L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster Military
Division of the Mississippi, for assignment to duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
A id-de- Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 24th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 79. ^
I Pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of
War, by telegram, Brigadier General John Newton, United
States Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty in this com¬
mand, and will proceed to Key V est, to take command of the
District of West Florida, reporting to Major General E. R. S.
Canby, commanding Department of the Gulf.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp,
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 26th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 80. \
I Captain E. R. Pearsons, 17th United States Infan¬
try, and Commissary of Musters Fourth Army Corps, Depart¬
ment of the Cumberland, is hereby relieved, and will report to
Major General O. O. Howard, commanding Department of
the Tennessee, for assignment to duty.
By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., September 28th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 81.
I Private James Muir, Company K, 33d Regiment
Massachusetts Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed as clerk
in the Ordnance Department, and will report to Captain T. G.
Baylor, Chief of Ordnance, Military Division of the Mississippi.
II Private Wm. C. King, Company B, 26th Regi¬
ment Ohio Infantry Veteran Volunteers, is hereby detailed as
personal orderly to Major General W. T. Sherman, and will
report at Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi for
duty, without delay.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF TIIE MISSISSIPPI,
1st the Field, Atlanta, G.y., October 2d, 1664.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 82. )
I Pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of
"War, leave of absence is hereby granted to Colonel Kitchen,
150th Regiment New York Volunteers, until November 12th,
1864.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., October 3d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 83. )
The following movements are ordered:
I Major General Slocum, with the Twentieth Corps
will hold Atlanta and the Chattahoochee bridge, and all detach¬
ments of other troops or corps will report to him, and be
assigned by him to posts looking to the security of this depot.
II All the rest of the army, provided with ten (10)
days' rations, will move by the Chattahoochee bridge to
Smyrna Camp Ground, Ruff's station: the Army of the Cum¬
berland, Major General Stanley, on the centre, looking west;
the Army of the Ohio, Brigadier General Cox, on the right, and
the Army of the Tennessee, Major General Howard, on the left.
III The General commanding will be near the
centre.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Ivenesaw, October 5th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 84.
I During the absence of the regular army com¬
manders and the present operations of the army, the senior
officer present with each army will command it, viz: Major
General D. S. Stanley will command the Army of the Cum¬
berland, and Brigadier General J. D. Cox the Army of the Ohio.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY" DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In tiie Field, Kenesaw Mountain, October 6th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 85. )
I Major General Stanley, Army of the Cumber¬
land, will occupy a strong- defensive position across the Mari¬
etta and Burnt Hickory, and Marietta and Dallas roads, his
right near Pine Hill, and left behind Noses Creek.
II. Major General Howard, Army of the Tennessee,
will join on the left of General Stanley, and make a line
covering the Powder Spring road; and the cavalry on that flank,
General Kilpatrick, will prevent any enemy from reaching
the railroad below Marietta.
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III Brigadier General Cox, Army of the Ohio, will
move out on the Burnt Hickory road, via Pine Hill and Mount
Olivet Church, west, until he strikes the road by which the
enemy have moved on Alatoona. He will have his columns
ready for a fight, but not deployed. He will park his wagons
near Kenesaw.
IV General Elliott will send cavalry to-day to
Big Shanty, Acworth and Alatoona, and bring back official
reports.
Y The utmost attention must be given to the grazing
of animals, parking wagons and economizing rations.
By order ok Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kenesaw Mountain, October 7th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 86.
The General commanding avails himself of the opportunity,
in the handsome defence made of Alatoona, to illustrate the
most important principle in war, that fortified posts should be
defended to the last, regardless of the relative numbers of the
party attacking and attacked.
Alatoona was garrisoned by three (3) regiments com¬
manded by Colonel Tourtelotte, and reinforced by a detach¬
ment from a division at Rome, under command of Brigadier
General J. M. Corse, on the morning of the 5th, and a few
hours after was attacked by French's division of Stewart's
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corps, two other divisions being near at hand and in support.
General French demanded a surrender in a letter to " avoid an
useless effusion of blood/' and gave but five (5) minutes for
answer. General Corse's answer was emphatic and strong—
that he and his command were ready for the "useless effusion
of blood" as soon as it was agreeable to General French.
This answer was followed by an attack, which was pro¬
longed for five (5) hours, resulting in the complete repulse of
the euemy, who left his dead on the ground, amounting to
more than two hundred (200), and four hundred (400) pri¬
soners, well and wounded. The " effusion of blood" was not
"useless," as the position at Alatoona was and is very impor¬
tant to our present and future operations.
The thanks of this army are due, and are hereby accorded
to, General Corse, Colonel Tourtelotte, officers and men, for
their determined and gallant defence of Alatoona, and it is
made an example to illustrate the importance of preparing in
time and meeting the danger when present, boldly, manfully
and well.
This army, though unseen to the garrison, was co-operating
by moving towards the road by which the enemy could alone
escape, hut unfortunately wex*e delayed by the rain and mud,
but this fact hastened the retreat of the enemy.
Commanders and garrisons of the posts along our railroads
are hereby instructed that they must hold their posts to the last
minute, sure that the time gained is valuable and necessary to
their comrades at the front.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Iv the Field, Kenesaw, October 8th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 87. )
I The armies will march at once towards Alatoona,
that of the Ohio by the roads south and west of Ac worth, that
of the Cumberland by roads south and west of Kenesaw Moun¬
tain, leading through Acworth, and that of the Tennessee by
roads north and east of Kenesaw via Big Shanty and Acworth.
II The Army of the Ohio will halt for orders near
good grass and water, two or three miles this side of Alatoona;
that of the Cumberland this side of Acworth, and that of the
Tennessee this side of Big Shanty, all giving attention to the
grazing of their animals Avlien not on the march.
III All details for repairing roads will remain at
work until relieved, or new orders are made. The repairs will
be pushed to the maximum, and as soon as the Chattahoochee
bridge is done, the hospitals and sick now at Marietta will be
sent to Atlanta.
IV Until further orders, General Elliott will keep
all his cavalry force watching the enemy, but ready to march
rapidly to Stilesboro and the Etowah bridge, if the enemy
turns north towards Rome or Kingston. Otherwise, the cav¬
alry will remain at the front or left flank of the army.
Y Should the enemy attempt our road about Kings¬
ton, or to invest Rome, the army must be prepared to leave at
Alatoona the principal wagon trains, and to march rapidly to
the points threatened; but if the enemy simply moves off
towards Jacksonville or Blue Mountain, the army will remain,
its right at Alatoona and left at Kenesaw, until our roads are
repaired.
By order of Ma.tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Alatoona, Ga., October 9tli, 1864.
Special Field Okdeks,
No. 88.
I Captain C. A. Cilley, Assistant Adjutant General
Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the Department of the
Cumberland to the Department of the Ohio, and will report to
Major General J. M. Schofield, commanding.
II The ordnance depots at Nashville and Chatta¬
nooga will be considered as the general ordnance depots for
the supply of the three armies of tips Division, until further
orders. Captain E. F. Townsend, Depot Ordnance Officer at
Nashville, and Lieutenant O. E. Michalis, Depot Ordnance
Officer at Chattanooga, will report by letter to Captain T. J.
Baylor, Chief of Ordnance, for instructions.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de- Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., October 11th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 89. )
The army will move to-morrow morning early on Borne,
the Armies of the Ohio and Tennessee by the river roads, and
the Army of the Cumberland by a detour via Woodland—all to
reach Rome to-morrow night.
Trains will be taken to Rome.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Rome, Ga , October 12th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 90. S
Orders for to-morrow, October 13th, will be as follows:
I General Corse will dispatch his division and the
brigade of the Fifteenth Corps attached to his garrison, and the
1st Alabama Cavalry, down the Coosa river, on its east bank,
towards Coosaville, to develop the force guarding the bridge
by which the enemy crossed. He will send one (1) battery
with the expedition, and equip the whole party light.
II General Elliott will at the same time dispatch
down the west bank of the Coosa a division of cavalry for the
same purpose, viz: to develope the force guarding the bridge
by which the enemy crossed.
III All the armies will be held ready to move at a
moment's warning.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Resacca, Ga., October 14th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, >
No. 91. )
The first movement will be to free the Snake Creek Gap.
I General Howard will bring up all the men of his
command he can get, at 7 a. m. to-morrow, and move direct on
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Snake Creek Gap, approaching carefully, and holding his
column ready to pass through when relieved by General
Stanley's movement.
II General Stanley will cross over to the hills
about two (2) miles north of the Gap, somewhere south of Til-
ton, and with infantry reach the summit, and if possible find a
way across into the valley beyond, towards Yillanow.
III General Cox will come up and follow General
Howard.
IY All trains will remain, until further orders, near
Eesacca, parked, ready to follow by Dalton or Snake Creek Gap,
as the orders may be.
V General McCook will send all the cavalry he can
raise boldly to the Buzzard's Roost Pass, to threaten the enemy
in that quarter, and to give General Stanley notice of any force
in that vicinity. As soon as General Garrard comes up he
will be dispatched in the same direction.
YI The General commanding will attend General
Howard to the forks of the road, about two (2) miles this side
of Snake Creek Gap, where couriers or staff officers can find
him for orders.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, October 15th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 92. S
The movement to-morrow will be on Lafayette, the primary
object being to secure possession of Ship's Gap.
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I General Howard will move rapidly on Villanow
and Ship's Gap, secure the summit, and mass to the right.
II General Stanley will follow, and mass to the
left of the Gap.
III General Cox will halt for orders at Villanow,
guarding roads north and south.
IV General Garrard's cavalry will come through
Snake Creek Gap, and guard the trains. General Elliott will
dispatch Colonel "Watkins' cavalry and scouts to open commu¬
nication with Chattanooga, to let them know that this army is
in pursuit of Hood, and to inform me of the state of facts along
the road and at Chattanooga.
V The ordnance and ambulance trains will pass
with the troops, as also herds of cattle, but supply trains will
follow in the order of the troops, viz: those of the Army of the
Tennessee first, those of the Cumberland second, and those of
the Ohio last.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Ship's Gap, Ga., October 17th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, \
No. 93. )
I Army commanders will at once park their trains
at points convenient to roads leading south. Each army will
make up a train of the most indifferent wagons and worthless
mules and horses, and prepare to send them to Chattanooga,
together with the sick and wounded, prisoners of war, surplus
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servants, tents, chairs, cots, and the furniture that now fill our
wagons and disgrace the army; in other words, each ai'my will
strip its trains to the best teams, loaded only with the essen¬
tials for a long march, depending on the country for forage and
vegetables. Each army commander will report at what time
of to-day or to-night he will be ready to send back such a train,
and hold it at a point convenient to move towards Ringgold,
but not dispatch it until further orders.
II General Howard will continue to reconnoitre
well forward, also down along the ridge, about as far south as
Lafayette. General Stanley will examine roads towards Dirt
Town, and General Cox will do the same, but the armies will
not move until further orders, based on more complete intelli¬
gence of the plans and designs of the enemy.
By order of Major General W. T. Sheman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aidde-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Ship's Gap, Ga., October 17th, 1864-
Special Field Orders, I
No. 94. )
The armies will move to-morrow against the enemy,
supposed to be at or near Summerville, as follows:
I The Army of the Tennessee will move through
Lafayette and by the direct road to Summerville, followed by
its ammunition train and ambulances.
II The Army of the Cumberland will cross Ship's
Gap, and take the road to Summerville to the left and east of
that followed by the Army of the Tennessee, keeping abreast
of, and in communication with it.
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III The Army of the Ohio will move from Villanow
down the Rome road, across to Subligna, and thence by the
best road to Summerville. It may take its whole train.
IY General Garrard's cavalry will press the rear
of the enemy from the direction of Dirt Town, and the brigade
of Colonel Watkins' cavalry will do the same from the direc¬
tion of Lafayette, each bearing in mind where their infantry
supports are. If possible, the cavalry should reach and destroy
the wagon transportation of the enemy.
V The Armies of the Cumberland and Tennessee
should have from three (3) to five (5) days' rations in their
haversacks and as beef on the hoof, and send their trains down
by way of Subligna and Goober's Pass.
VI Rome will be our next point of supply.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Ship's Gap, Ga., October 17th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 95. )
I Leave of absence for thirty (3D) days is hereby
granted Captain Clarence Mauck, 4th U. S. Cavalry, for the
reason of wounds received in action.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Chattooga Creek, October 18th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 96. )
The movement of the armies to-morrow will be as follows:
I The Army of the Tennessee will pass to the right
of Summerville, and move towards Alpine in support of Colo¬
nel Watkins' cavalry, which is ordered to ascertain what part,
if any, of the enemy has passed up Henderson's Gap.
II The Army of the Ohio will move on the main
Gaylesville road towards Melville P. O., in support of General
Garrard's cavalry, which is ordered to reconnoitre towards
Gaylesville.
III The Army of the Cumberland will mass near
Summerville, ready to move in any direction.
IV Trains will be brought up to points convenient
to the rear of each army, near to the fords of the Chattooga,
and near cornfields.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Summerville, Ga., October 19th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 97.
The armies will move to-morrow on Gaylesville, as follows:
I The Army of the Tennessee and General Scho-
fiel.d via Alpine, and the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland
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by the direct road. All the columns will be well closed up, and
in good order, halting as the head of the leading column reaches
Gaylesville, and selecting good ground for camps.
II The cavalry will push on to Little River and
beyond, securing the bridge, if any.
III Headquarters will be near Gaylesville, and army
commanders will make prompt reports of appearances of the
enemy.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Eield, Summerville, Ga., October 19th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 98. 1
I Lieutenant Colonel Willard Warner, Acting-
Inspector General on the staff of this military division, having
been appointed Colonel of the 180th Ohio, is hereby relieved
from duty at these headquarters, and will proceed to Nashville
and assume the command of his new regiment.
II The General commanding thanks Colonel War¬
ner for his most zealous and intelligent service during the past
campaign, compliments him on his good sense in preferring
service with troops to staff duty, and predicts for him the high¬
est success in his professional career.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 20th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 99. )
The orders for to-morrow are as follows:
I Brigadier General Cox will move and take posi¬
tion near the point on the Chattooga where the road to Cedar
Bluffs crosses it, with a strong advance guard at Cedar Bluffs.
II Major General Howard will advance and take
position on the main Alabama road, some four (4) or five (5)
miles towards Blue Pond, with a strong advance guard at the
crossing of Little river.
III Major General Stanley will advance his rear
corps to near the position now occupied by the Seventeenth
Corps, and the other will remain as at present.
IV Brigadier General Elliott will establish a good
courier line from Gaylesville back to Rome, and will recon¬
noitre in force through Blue Pond, well towards Gadsden.
V All the armies will get up their trains, and forage
on the country liberally. General Cox will make a bridge
across Chattooga near his camp, and General Stanley will
strengthen and improve the covered bridge on the upper Rome
road.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 22d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 100. )
I Application having been made by Major Gen¬
eral O. O. Howard, commanding Department of the Tennessee,
Major General Geo. Stoneman is hereby temporarily assigned
to command the Seventeenth Corps during the absence of Gen¬
eral Blair, in order that division commanders may remain
with their proper commands.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 23d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 101. )
I First Lieutenant John J. Howard, 17th Indiana
Volunteers, commanding detachment of couriers at these head¬
quarters, will proceed to Columbia, Tennessee, for the purpose
of being mustered as Captain, and will then rejoin his detach¬
ment without delay.
II Private Geo. R. IIatden, Company B, 24th
Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby relieved
from duty as clerk in the Adjutant General's Department,
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Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, and will
report to the commanding" officer of his regiment for duty,
without delay.
Ill Leave of absence is hereby granted Second
Lieutenant II. P. Webb, 111th Regiment United States Colored
Infantry, for twenty (20) days from Nashville, Tennessee.
IY First Lieutenant ¥m. McCroiiy, 7th Company
Independent Ohio Volunteers, Sharpshooters, will proceed to
Nashville, Tennessee, report to Lieutenant Colonel R. M.
Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General, and receive a leave of
absence for twenty days.
Y Private William Alexaxder, Company I, 31st
Regiment Missouri Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby relieved
from duty in the Quartermaster's Department at these head¬
quarters, and will report in person to Lieutenant Colonel Joel,
Chief Quartermaster Seventeenth Corps.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesvilie, Ala., October 24th, 18G4.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 102. )
I Major General J. A. Mower, United States Vol¬
unteers, having reported for duty, is hereby assigned to the
Department and Army of the Tennessee, and will report in
person to Major General O. O. Howard, for orders.
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II Private Thomas R. Vaughn, Company G, 89th
Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers, is hereby detailed as clerk,
in the Adjutant General's Department at these headquar-ters,
and will report in person for duty, without delay.
III Leave of absence is hereby granted Brigadier
General A. Baird, U. S. Vols., for twenty (20) days.
Br order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 24th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 103. )
I Brevet Major General Wilson having reported, in
accordance with orders from the Lieutenant General Command¬
ing, to be assigned with his brevet rank, is announced as Chief
of Cavalry, and will assume command of the cavalry forces of
the Military Division of the Mississippi, headquarters in the
field.
II Subject to the approval of the President, the
cavalry forces of the Military Division of the Mississippi will
hereafter constitute the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division
of the Mississippi. All detachments, battalions, regiments,
brigades and divisions will make the returns required by the
present orders and regulations, to the headquarters of the Cav¬
alry Corps, through the usual channels. They will send copies
of the monthly returns to their respective Department com¬
manders.
III Brigadier General Johnson is hereby relieved
from duty as Chief of Cavalry of the Military Division of the Mis¬
sissippi . He will remain in discharge of the duties assigned him
by Par. i. and ii. of General Orders No. 23, from Headquarters
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Military Division of the Mississippi. He will receive his'
instructions and make his reports direct to headquarters of the
Cavalry Corps.
IY The office of Chief of Cavalry at the headquar¬
ters of the different departments in this Division is abolished,
and the Chiefs of Cavalry will report to their department com¬
manders for other assignment.
Y Brevet Major General "Wilson will reorganize
the forces under his command, and will bring' into the field the
greatest number of mounted troops possible. Department and
other commanders will give such assistance as will insure the
execution of this order with the least possible delay.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, October 26th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 104. )
I Major General Stanley will move his entire
corps, wagons, artillery, sick, and everything to Chattanooga,
and report for orders to Major General Thomas. He will move
his troops via Alpine, Winstons, etc., to Chattanooga or Bridge¬
port, according to the intelligence that reaches him of the
enemy. He should send all wheels, not absolutely necessary, to
Chattanooga under small guard, via Lafayette. Any surplus
provisions he may have on hand he will turn over to the Four¬
teenth Corps.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 26th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 105. )
In the event of military movements or the accidents of war
separating the General in command from his military division,
Major General Geo. H. Thomas, commanding the Department
of the Cumberland, will exercise command over all troops and
garrisons not absolutely in the presence of the General-in-Chief.
The commanding Generals of the Departments and Armies of
the Ohio and Tennessee will forthwith send abstracts of their
returns to General Thomas, at Nashville, in order that he may
understand the position and distribution of the troops, and
General Thomas may call for such further reports as he may
require, disturbing the actual condition of affairs and mixing
up the troops of separate departments as little as possible con¬
sistent with the interests of the service.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 27th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 106. )
I Leave of absence for thirty (30) days is hereby
granted Surgeon George W. Fish, 4tli Regiment Michigan
Cavalry, Volunteers, on Surgeon's certificate of disability.
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II The following officers of the Signal Corps, on
duty in the Department of the Cumberland, are hereby tem¬
porarily relieved, and will, under direction of the senior officer,
Captain Sam'l Bachtelle, report to the General-in-Chief for
instructions:
Captain Samuel Bachtelle, Signal Corps, U, S. A.
First Lieut. Henry Ayres, " "
" " H. W. Howgate, " ''
Second " J. H. Connelly, " "
Captain A. S. Cole, Act'g Sig. Of. "
First Lieut. J. B. Foraker, " "
" " John L. Jones, " "
By Order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 27th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 7
No. 107. )
I Pursuant to instructions of the War Department,
by telegraph, under date of October 23d, Major Chambliss is
recognized as the Inspector of Cavalry for the Military Division
of the Mississippi, and Brigadier General B. W. Johnson is
relieved from that duty.
II Brigadier General Johnson will report to Major
General Geo. H. Thomas, commanding Department of the
Cumberland, for assignment to other duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., October 28th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 108. J
The armies will move to-morrow on Rome as follows, com¬
mencing the movement this evening, so as to reach their desig¬
nated points to-morrow:
I The Army of the Ohio will cross the Coosa at
Cedartown. and move by the most direct route to Rome.
II The Army of the Tennessee will also cross the
Coosa at Cedartown, and move to Vans Valley. The cavalry
of General Garrard will follow the Army of the Tennessee
and act in concert with it.
III The Fourteenth Corps, Brevet Major General
Davis, commanding, will move via Gaylesville and the direct
Rome road on the north of the Coosa, but will not leave
Gaylesville until the morning of the 29th. The rearguard will
completely destroy the pontoon bridge across the Coosa at
Cedartown.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In tiie Field, Rome, Ga., October 29th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 109. 3
I Captain George S. Doane, Aid-de-Camp, and
Lieutenant J. D. Treadway, Aid-de-Camp, will proceed to
Chicago, Illinois, in charge of the body and elfects of Brigadier
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General T. E. G. Ransom, deceased. The Quartermaster's
Department will furnish the necessary transportation, includ¬
ing two servants and the horses of the deceased.
Having fulfilled this duty, the officers above named will
return and join their proper commands.
II The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed as teamsters at these headquarters, and will report in
person for duty, without delay:
Private "William Towebs, Co. D, 116th Reg't 111. Inf. Yol.
" Joseph Ryan, " " " " "
" John Bokch, Co. B, 6th " Mo. "
" Leonard Goff, Co. C, 116th " 111. "
III Surgeon Francis Salter, United States Vol¬
unteers, is hereby relieved from duty with the Fourteenth Army
Corps, Department and Army of the Cumberland, and will
report in person to Brevet Major General Jas. H. Wilson,
commanding Cavalry Corps of this Military Division, for assign¬
ment to duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Rome, Ga., October 30th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 110. )
I Brigadier General Z. B. Tower, United States
Volunteers, is hereby appointed Inspector General of Fortifica¬
tions in this Military Division. He will at his discretion visit
and inspect the works that need his attention, and will make
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all necessary orders, in the name of the Commanding General,
to local commanders and commanders of districts, as to the
work to be done. He will also control the estimates of all engi¬
neers charged with the construction of works of a permanent
nature, and define what part should be done by hired labor and
what by the troops at hand.
II The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the Commissary Department, and will
report in person to Captain L. H. Roots, C. S., in charge of
cattle, without delay:
Private James Wilson, Co. I, 31st Reg't 111. Inf. Vols.
" James W. Seamen, " " " " "
" Irwin Miller, Co. B, 80th " Ohio "
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Rome, Ga., October 30th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 111. )
I Major General J. M. Schofield will move his
Corps to Resacca, and relieve all troops along the railroad
belonging to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Corps, and order
them to join their proper divisions by Kingston. He will cover
the railroad during the movement of the trains, and report for
further instructions to Major General Geo. H. Thomas at Nash¬
ville, both by telegraph and letter.
II Brevet Major General Jeff. C. Davis will move
his Corps to Kingston, and there await further orders.
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III Major General O. O. Howard, with the cavalry,
will move his army by easy marches to Dallas and Smyrna
Camp Ground, reporting- his position as often as possible, en
route, that orders may reach him via Alatoona and Marietta.
IV All detachments and recruits will join their
respective corps at once, by the most direct route.
V Brigadier General Jno. E. Smith will assemble
his division at Cartersville and Alatoona, and Brigadier General
Jno. M. Corse will hold his at Rome until further orders.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Rome, Ga., November 1st, 1864.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 112. J
I Leave of absence is hereby granted Captain Frank
H. Gilmore, 117th Regiment Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, and
Acting Ordnance Officer, for twenty (20) days, at the expira¬
tion of which time he will report to the commanding officer of
his regiment for duty.
II Brevet Major General J. II. Wilson, command¬
ing Cavalry Corps, will proceed to mount the dismounted men
of his command, and will report in person to Major General
Geo. H. Thomas for instructions.
III Major Henry Hitchcock, Assistant Adjutant
General of Volunteers, is hereby announced as a member of
the personal staff of the General-in-Chief, and will be obeyed
and respected accordingly.
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IV The following named commissioned officers and
enlisted men are hereby relieved from duty as couriers at these
headquarters, and will immediately rejoin their respective
commands:
First Lieutenant J. J. Howard, Co. D, 17th Ind. Inf. Vols.
Sergeant Edward E. Lemon, "
Corporal Abel Pugh, Co. A, 123d Ills.
Private Andrew J. Dill, Co. D, 17th Ind.
" Henry B.Greenwood, Co. H, "
" Russel Earle, Co. E, "
" George Keller, Co. C, '•
" John Fincher, Co. F, "
" Edwin Hill, Co. F, 123d Ills.
" Rich'd H. Hampton, Co. B, "
" Samuel Dealt, Co. E, "
" John Davis, Co. F, "
" William Meadows, Co. E, 72d Ind.
" Milton Hawkins, Co. C, "
" Henry Longberger, Co.H,
" William Yenky, Co.K, "
" S. Hawkins, Co. D, "
" H. F. Baichly, Co. D, 98th Ills.
" Thomas Siddons, Co. C,
" J. M. Holmes, Co. E, "
" Joseph Abbott, Co. B, •'
V Sergeant Chas. H. Maydwell, Company D,
15th Regiment Kentucky Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby
relieved from duty in the Ordnance Department of this Mili¬
tary Division, and will report in person to the commanding
officer of his regiment.
VI Leave of absence for thirty (30) days, with
privilege to apply to the Adjutant General of the Army for an
extension, is hereby granted Colonel Richard Rowett, 7th
Regiment Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, on account of wounds
received in battle.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 3d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 113. )
I Captain L. M. Todd, C. S., will at once relieve
all recruits and detachments now forming liis cattle guard, and
order them to report without delay to their respective com¬
mands. Brevet Major General J. C. Davis will furnish Cap¬
tain Todd with a small regiment to act as cattle guard until
further orders.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARl^ DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga , November 4th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 114. )
I Commanding Generals of the Fourteenth, Fif¬
teenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth Army Corps will forthwith
cause full estimates for winter clothing of their commands to
be made, and transmit them, by a Quartermaster, to Brevet
Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster, at
Atlanta, that the clothing may be set apart and issued without
delay or confusion, on the army reaching that neighborhood.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 4th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 115. )
I In view of the contemplated movement, the com¬
manding Generals of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth
and Twentieth Corps will hold their commands prepared on
short notice to march, provided with as much bread, salt, sugar,
coffee and ammunition, as they can transport with their present
means, each corps independent of all others, and independent
of the general supply train. All camp and garrison equipage,
boxes, chests, trunks, or anything -whatsoever tending to over¬
load wagons or to impede rapid movements, will at once be
sent to the rear by railroad, if transportation can be had; else
prepared for destruction about the time of departure.
II The general plan of movement will be as follows:
As much notice as possible will be given in advance to General
Easton at Atlanta, and General Steadmax at Chattanooga,
who are charged with the responsibility of causing all the roll¬
ing stock of the railroad to be removed to and north of Kesacca,
from which point General Steadmax will cover its removal
into Chattanooga. The railroad lying between Eesacca and
Etowah bridge will be left substantially undisturbed. The
bridge at Kesacca and the iron north of it, will be removed by
cars into Chattanooga, and stored for future use. The railroad
from the Etowah bridge into Atlanta will be destroyed. The
Fourteenth Corps will be charged with the destruction of that
road from Etowah to Big Shanty; the Fifteenth and Seventeenth
Corps with that from Kenesaw to Chattahoochee bridge, and
the Twentieth Corps from the Chattahoochee into and including
Atlanta.
III On receiving the order to march, the troops
embraced in this order will be put in motion from their present
camps, each corps to its appointed task, sending forward its
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supply train to Atlanta, to be loaded up for its contemplated
march. Having done the work prescribed, in the most sum¬
mary manner, the troops will be pushed forward to Atlanta—
the Army of the Cumberland in Atlanta, the Army of the Ten¬
nessee about Whitehall. The army commanders are enjoined
to observe as much caution and secrecy as is possible, and to
act with the utmost energy, as, after our railroad communica¬
tion is broken, every hour of our time is essential to success.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 6th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 116. S
I First Lieutenant J. W. Reilley, Ordnance Corps,
United States Army, is hereby relieved from duty with the
Department and Army of the Tennessee, and is assigned as
Chief of Ordnance for the Army of the Cumberland, Fourteenth
and Twentieth Corps, in the field.
II Lieutenant Colonel E. D. Kitoe, United States
Army, Medical Inspector of this Military Division, being
relieved as Chief Medical Officer of this army in the field, will
report in person to Assistant Surgeon General R. C. Wood for
further instructions.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 7th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 117. j
I Captain A. Mordegai, United States Ordnance
Corps, is hereby relieved from duty with the Army of the Ohio,
and will report to Major General Geo. H. Thomas as Senior
and Supervising Ordnance Officer for the army under his com¬
mand. He will have the control and supervision of the depots
at Nashville and Chattanooga, and will receive instructions
from Captain T. G. Baylor, Chief of Ordnance Military Divi¬
sion of the Mississippi.
II First Lieutenant James \V\ Rellley, United
States Ordnance Corps, is hereby relieved from duty with the
Department and Army of the Tennessee, and will report to
Captain A. Mordecai for assignment to duty as Chief of Ord¬
nance, Army of the Ohio.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 8th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 118. )
I Brigadier General Thomas H. Euger, United
States Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the Department
of the Cumberland to the Department of the Ohio, and will
report in person to Major General J. M. Schofield, com¬
manding.
He will take with him his personal staff—
First Lieutenant George L. Binney, 2d, Regiment Massa¬
chusetts Infantry, Volunteers.
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Second Lieutenant E. G. Fay, 107th Regiment New York
Infantry, Volunteers.
II The Quartermaster's Department will furnish
General Ruger and Staff transportation to Nashville, Tennessee.
III Private Levi Saxon, Company C, 107th Regi¬
ment New York Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed for
duty in the Quartermaster's Department, and will report in
person to Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quar¬
termaster, without delay.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 8th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 119. )
I The General commanding deems it proper at this
time to inform the officers and men of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Seventeenth and Twentieth Corps, that he has organized them
into an army for a special purpose, well known to the "War
Department and to General Grant. It is sufficient for you to
know that it involves a departure from our present base, and a
long aud difficult march to a new one. All the chances of war
have been considered and provided for, as far as human saga¬
city can. All he asks of you is to maintain that discipline,
patience and courage, which have characterized you in the
past; and he hopes, through you, to strike a blow at our enemy
that will have a material effect in producing what we all so
much desire — his complete overthrow. Of all things the most
important is, that the men, during marches and in camp, keep
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their places and not scatter about as stragglers or foragers, to
be picked up by a hostile people in detail. It is also oi the
utmost importance that our wagons should not be loaded with
anything but provisions and ammunition. All surplus servants,
non-combatants and refugees, should now go to the rear, and
none should be encouraged to encumber us on the march. At
some future time we will be enabled to provide for the poor
whites and blacks who seek to escape the bondage under which
lhev are now suffering. With these few simple cautions in
four minds, he hopes to lead you to achievements equal in
importance to those of the past.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 9th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 120. S
I For the purpose of military operations, this army
is divided into two wings, viz:
The right wing, Major General O. O. Howard command¬
ing, the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps.
The left wing, Major General H. W. Slocum commanding,
the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps.
II .The habitual order of march will be, wherever
practicable, by four roads, as near parallel as possible, and
converging at points hereafter indicated in orders. The cav¬
alry, Brigadier General Kilpatricic commanding, will receive
special orders from the Commander-in-Chief.
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III There will be no general train of supplies, but
each corps will have its ammunition train and provision train,
distributed habitually as follows: behind each regiment should
follow one wagon and one ambulance; behind each brigade
should follow a due proportion of ammunition wagons, provi¬
sion wagons and ambulances. In case of danger, each army
corps commander should change this order of march, by having
his advance and rear brigades unincumbered by wheels. The
separate columns will start habitually at 7 a. m. and make
about fifteen miles per day, unless otherwise fixed in orders.
IY The army will forage liberally on the country
during the march. To this end, each brigade commander will
organize a good and sufficient foraging party, under the com¬
mand of one or more discreet officers, who will gather, near
the route traveled, corn or forage of any kind, meat of any
kind, vegetables, corn meal, or whatever is needed by the com¬
mand, aiming at all times to keep in the wagons at least ten
days' provisions for the command, and three days' forage. Sol¬
diers must not enter the dwellings of the inhabitants or commit
any trespass, but during a halt or a camp, they may be per¬
mitted to gather turnips, potatoes and other vegetables, and to
drive in stock in sight of their camp. To regular foraging par¬
ties must be entrusted the gathering of provisions and forage at
any distance from the road traveled.
Y To army corps commanders alone is entrusted
the power to destroy mills, houses, cotton gins, etc.; and for
them this general principle is laid down: in districts and
neighborhoods where the army is unmolested, no destruction
of such property should be permitted; but should guerrillas or
bushwhackers molest our march, or should the inhabitants
burn bridges, obstruct roads, or otherwise manifest local hostil¬
ity, then army commanders should order and enforce a devast¬
ation more or less relentless, according to the measure of such
hostility.
VI As for horses, mules, wagons, etc., belonging
to the inhabitants, the cavalry and artillery may appropriate
freely and without limits; discriminating, however, between
the rich, who are usually hostile, and the poor or industrious,
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usually neutral or friendly. Foraging parties may also take
mules or horses to l-eplace the jaded animals of their trains, or
to serve as pack mules for the regiments or brigades. In all
foraging of whatever kind, the parties engaged will refrain
from abusive or threatening language, and may, where the
officer in command thinks proper, give written certificates of
the facts, but no receipts; and they will endeavor to leave
with each family a reasonable portion for their maintenance.
VII Negroes who are able-bodied and can be of
service to the several columns, may be taken along; but each
army commander will bear in mind that the question of sup¬
plies is a very important one, and that his first duty is to see to
them who bear arms.
VIII The organization, at once, of a good pioneer
battalion for each army corps, composed, if possible, of negroes,
should be attended to. This battalion should follow the advance
guard, should repair roads and double them if possible, so that
the columns will not be delayed after reaching bad places.
Also, army commanders should study the habit of giving the
artillery and wagons the road, and marching their troops 011
one side; and also instruct their troops to assist wagons at steep
hills or bad crossings of streams.
IX Captain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will assign
to each wing of the army ti pontoon train, fully equipped and
organized; and the commanders thereof will see to its being
properly protected at all times.
By order op Major General VV. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 9th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 121. S
I The following- named enlisted men are hereby
relieved from duty in the Postoffice Department of this Military
Division, and will report at once to the commanding officers of
their regiments for duty.
Private John Place, Co. H, 86th Reg't Ills. Inf. Vols.
" L. S. Yost, Co. K, 73d " Ohio "
" TV J. Hellrigle, Co. A, 93d " "
" Ed. Gardner, Co. G, 1st Reg. U. S. V. V. Eng.
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November llth, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 122. S
I Major General Thomas, commanding Department
of the Cumberland, will organize into battalions all officers,
recruits and furloughed men now in the Department of the
Cumberland, or who may arrive there, belonging to the Four¬
teenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth Corps, keeping
them as far as possible distinct by corps, and in reserve until
further orders.
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II Brigadier General N. J. Jackson, United States
Volunteers, having reported for duty, is hereby assigned to the
Department of the Cumberland, and will report by telegraph
to Major General Ti-iomas, commanding, and in person to Major
General Slocum, commanding Twentieth Corps, for immediate
assignment to duty.
III Brigadier General Tiios. F. Meagher, United
States Volunteers, is hereby assigned to the Department of the
Cumberland, and will report to Major General Geo. H. Thomas
for orders.
Bv order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Kingston, Ga., November 11th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 123.
I Brigadier General W. F. Barry, Chief of Artil¬
lery, being too unwell to make the proposed march, will,
accompanied by his personal staff, Assistant Adjutant General,
proceed to Louisville, Kentucky, for rest and treatment. The
Quartermaster's Department will furnish him transportation.
Leave of absence for twenty (20) days is hereby granted
General Barry, to take effect when his health will enable him
to travel, at the expiration of which he will join the General
commanding wherever he may be.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., November 14, 1804.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 124. )
The armies will begin the movement on Milledgeville and
Gordon to-morrow, the 15th November, as follows:
I The right wing will move via McDonongh and
Monticello to Gordon.
II The left wing, General Slocum's, will move
via Covington, Social Circle and Madison to Milledgeville,
destroying the railroad in a most thorough manner from Yellow
River to Madison.
III The cavalry, General Kilpatrick command¬
ing, will move in concert with the right wing, feigning strong
in the direction of Forsyth and Macon, but will cross the
Ocmulgee on the pontoon bridge of General Howard.
IY Each column will aim to reach its destination,
viz: Gordon and Milledgeville, on the seventh day's march, and
each army commander will, on arrival, communicate with the
other wing and the commanding General, who will accompany
the left wing.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aul-de■ Camp.
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HB ADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Oa., November 15th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 125.
I Surgeon John Moore, United States Volunteers,
is hereby announced as Chief Medical Director of this army,
and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
II Private Wm. G. Pembroke, Company A, 107th
Regiment New York Infantry, Volunteer's, is hereby detailed
for duty in the Quartermaster's Department, and will report to
General Easton, Chief Quartermaster.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., November 16th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 126. )
I Captain F. C. Butze, Assistant Quartermaster
Volunteers, is hereby assigned to duty at these Headquarters,
and will report in person for orders at once. He will receive
and receipt for all public property held by Captain Coveudale,
Assistant Quartermaster Volunteers.
II Second Lieutenant C. H. Messenger, United
States Army Signal Corps, is hereby tempoi'arily relieved from
duty with the Department of the Cumberland, and will, under
direction of the senior officer, Captain Samuel Bachteele,
report to the General-in-Chief for instructions.
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III Private Arthur O. Granger, Company C,
15th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, Volunteers, is hereby
detailed as clerk in the Adjutant General's Department at these
Headquarters, and will report in person for duty without delay.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Cam p.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Milledgeville, Ga , November 23d, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 127. )
The first movement of this army having proved perfectly
successful, and the weather now being fine, the following will
constitute the second stage of the campaign, and the movement
will commence to-morrow, November 2fth.
I General Kilpatrick, with his cavalry command
unincumbered by wagons, will move via Milledgeville by the
most practicable route eastward, break the railroad between
Millen and Augusta, then turn and strike the railroad below
Millen; after which he will use all possible effort to rescue our
prisoners of war now confined near Millen. He will commu¬
nicate back to the wings of the armjT, as often as it is safe, any
information of roads and the enemy that may be of interest to
them.
II The right wing, General Howard, will move
substantially along but south of the railroad, to a point opposite
Sandersville, breaking up and destroying, in the most thorough
manner, the railroad and telegraph; at which points further
orders will be issued.
III The left wing, General Slocum, will move
directly from Milledgeville to the railroad opposite Sandersville,
and at once commence destroying the railroad forward to the
Ogeechee.
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IV Great attention should be paid to the destruc¬
tion of this road, as it is of vital importance to our cause.
Besides burning bridges and trestles, the iron should be care¬
fully twisted and warped, so that it will be impossible to ever
use it again; to this end, the rate of travel will be reduced to
ten miles a day.
V Increased attention must be given to the care of
trains, for it is known that the enemy intends to harrass our
march by means of cavalry, and we should aim to punish him
severely for a first attempt, as it will deter him from repeating it.
Also, more attention must be paid to the subject of foraging;
none but the regular organized foraging parties should be
allowed to depart from the right and left of the road, and the
foraging parties themselves should, in addition to former in¬
structions, be instructed to capture wagons to bring their plun¬
der to camp, after which the wagons should be burned. All the
useless wagons, ox teams, etc., which incumber our trains should
now be destroyed, and the commander of any brigade is hereby
authorized to destroy any wagon that delays the march or opens
a gap in the column, no matter to whom it belongs; and gen¬
erally the troops should be distributed along the trains, as we
have no large enemy to threaten, and nothing but dashes of
cavalry at our flanks. Advance guards should be strengthened,
attended by a pioneer coi-ps prepared to construct temporary
bridges, in case of their destruction by the enemy; and wher¬
ever any such obstruction occurs, the commanding officer of
the troops present on the spot will deal harshly with the inhab¬
itants near by, to show them that it is to their interest not to
impede our movements; should the enemy burn forage and
corn on our route, houses, barns and cotton gins must also be
burned to keep them company.
VI The General-in-Chief will accompany the left
wing until it reaches Sandersville, when he will join the Army
of the Tennessee.
By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Ogeeciiee Church, Ga., December 6th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 128. J
I Each army corps commander will, on the receipt
of this order, collect from his command one hundred (100)
horses, the best adapted to cavalry uses, together with a suffi¬
cient number of mounted negroes to lead them, and dispatch
them to General Slocum's headquarters for delivery to the cav¬
alry command of General Kilpatrick.
General Slocum's command is at this moment near the
intersection of the road running through Statesboro and Arme¬
nia to Halley's Ferry on the Savannah river, about six miles
north of Ogeechee Church, and will march by the middle road
towards Springfield.
II The officer charged with these horses will be
instructed to deliver them to any officer whom General Kil¬
patrick may appoint to receive them.
Br order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
'Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Pooler's Station, Ga., December 9th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 129. )
I Especial attention is called to Paragraph v, Special
Field Orders, Ko. 17, and all persons unauthorized riding horses
should at once be dismounted, and the animals turned over for
cavalry use.
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II Brigadier General Kilpatrick is authorized to
organize a patrol to seize all horses and mules ridden by any
persons without authority of law, or who may be away front
their proper commands, appropriating such animals for the
use of his cavalry command.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camji.
HEADQUABTEBS MILITABY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., December 10th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 130. )
The army having arrived before Savannah, will proceed to
invest the place and to open up communication with our fleet
in Ossabaw and Wassaw Sounds.
I The left wing, Major General Slocum, will make
a left flank near the Savannah river, above the city, and extend
round to a point near the plank road. He is also charged with
the utter destruction of the Savannah and Charleston railroad,
back to and including the Savannah river bridge, as also the
Central Georgia road, from his line back to Pooler's.
One battalion of the 1st Regiment Michigan Engineers and
Mechanics will be ordered to report to General Slocum to twist
the rails.
II The right wing, Major General Howard, will
extend from General Slocum's right to the Savannah river,
below the city, or to the Shell road. General Howard is also
charged with opening communication with the fleet and the
destruction of the Gulf railroad back to and including the
Ogeec.hee river bridge.
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III Captain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will
forthwith cause thorough reconnoissances to be made, so as
to compile an approximate map for the use of army com¬
manders, and will also cause roads to he examined and opened
to facilitate communication with the different parts of it.
IY Brigadier General Kilpatrick, commanding
cavalry, will watch all roads to the rear, and also assist General
Howard in opening communication with the fleet, and army
and corps commanders will at once overhaul their trains and
be prepared, on short notice, to send to the fleet everything not
absolutely required for our success.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., December 13th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 131.
The General-in-Chief announces with pleasure that to-day,
at half-past four p. m., the Second Division Fifteenth Army
Corps assaulted Fort McAllister and carried the place, captur¬
ing its entire garrison and armament, giving him full commu¬
nication with the fleet, and the army of Major General Foster.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Savannah, December 15th, 1804.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 132. )
I Captain F. A. Seely, Assistant Quartermaster,
Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with the Third Divi¬
sion, Fourteenth Army Corps, and will report without delay to
Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster,
for duty.
II Lieutenant O. B. Howard, Regimental Quarter¬
master, 107th Regiment New York Infantry, Volunteers, is
hereby relieved from duty with his regiment, and will report
without delay to Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief
Quartermaster, for duty.
III Richmond Smith, Manager and Chief Cypher
Clerk of this Army, is hereby relieved from duty, and with the
following named Cypher clerks in charge, also relieved from
duty, will proceed to Nashville, Tennessee, and report to Cap¬
tain J. C. Vanduzer, Superintendent of United States Military
Telegraph Lines, for orders. The Quartermaster's Depart¬
ment will furnish transportation. P.J. Murray, W. H. Drake,
E. J. "VVaterhouse.
By order oe Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI
In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., December 16th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 133. )
I Captain O. M. Pok, Chief Engineer, will cause
all the railroads leading out of Savannah to be most thoroughly
destroyed; the Charleston road as far as, and if possible includ¬
ing, the bridge over the Savannah river; the Macon road as far
as Station 1J, and the Gulf road as far as, and including, the
Ogeechee river bridge.
II Major General Howard will dispatch two (2)
divisions without wagons to destroy the Gulf road as far as
the Altamaha river bridge, and exhaust the country, in that
direction, of supplies. General Kilpatrick, with his cavalry,
will cover this working force, and co-operate with it.
III. The depot of supplies is for the present at King's
bridge. General Eaton, Chief Quartermaster, may use his
discretion in landing supplies at Fort McAllister and the Rice
Mill.
IV Armv commanders will forthwith send to Gen¬
eral Easton, Chief Quartermaster, at King's bridge, all negroes,
horses, mules, and wagons rendered surplus by our change in
operations, or to such points on the Ogeechee river as General
Easton may indicate, in order that they may be sent to Port
Royal Island, where they can be more easily supplied. They
will also avail themselves of the present favorable weather to
bring forward ten (10) days' food, and will reserve for that
purpose enough wagons to handle them; all other wagons must
be sent to the Ogeechee river as soon as possible.
By order of Major General VV. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., December 16th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 134. )
I The following' named officers are hereby relieved
from their present duty, and will report immediately in person
to Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quarter¬
master, for duty :
First Lieutenant T. J. Lambert, Company E, 68th Regi¬
ment Ohio Infantry, Volunteers.
First Lieutenant L. R. Young, Regimental Quartermaster,
35th Regiment Yew York Infantry, Volunteers.
First Lieutenant C. F. Matteson, 103d Regiment Illinois
Infantry, Volunteers.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de- Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., December 17th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 135. )
I The following named officers and enlisted men of
the United States Army, prisoners escaped from Confederate
hands and reaching this army, but not belonging to it, will
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proceed to Washington, D. C., and report to the Commissary
General of Prisoners of War, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Captain Eussell, 51st Eeg't Indiana Inf'y Vols.
Lieut. Lakin, 18th "
" Davidson, 95tli "
" M. T. Williams, 15th "
Captain A. T. Bliss, 10th "
Lieut. J. E. Uetigkove, 73d "
" A. 1ST. Thomas, " "
J. H. Kane, 104th "
" Thos. J. Crossley, 37th "
Captain J. A. Clark, 7th "
Lieut. G. B. Barse, 5th "
" J.L.Brown, 73d "
" D. T. Shubbuck, 19th "
Private Georoe Dufford, 15th "
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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Ky. Cav.
N. Y. "
Indiana Inf'y
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N. Y. "
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Mich. Cav.
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Indiana Inf'y
Mass. "
N. J. "
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Savannah, Ga-, December 18th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 136.
The following named officers and enlisted men of the United
States Army, prisoners escaped from Confederate hands, and
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reaching' this army but not belonging to it, will report to their
respective department commanders, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Lieutenant Geo. II. Gamble, 8th Reg't 111. Cav. Vols.
Sergeant J. K. Needler, 2d " Pa. " "
Corporal H. E. Hardey, 4th " Vt. Inf'y •'
Private W. D. Neff, lltli " Pa. Res. "
By order oe Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de- Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Eield, near Savannah, Ga., December 19th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 137. )
I By reason of wounds received in battle, leave of
absence for thirty (30) days is hereby granted First Lieutenant
Newton Thayer, Company C, 10th Regiment Ohio Cavalry,
Volunteers.
II Bjr reason of wounds received in battle, leave of
absence for thirty (30) days is hereby granted First Lieutenant
E. C. Gregg, Company B, 10th Regiment Ohio Cavalry, Vol¬
unteers.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., December 20th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 138. )
I B. M. Burnett, Telegraph Operator with this
army, will report without delay to Captain J. C. Vanduzeii,
Superintendent of United States Telegraph lines at Nashville,
Tennessee.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
II Captain W. A. Collins, prisoner escaped from
Confederate hands, and reaching this army, will proceed to
Washington, D. C., and report to the Commissary General of
Prisoners of War, for orders.
III The following named officers and enlisted men,
prisoners escaped from Confederate hands and reaching this
army, will report to their respective department or army com¬
manders, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Captain Chas. L. Ulthank, Army of the Ohio.
Captain T. J. Bay, " "
Captain L. D. C. Tyler, " " Potomac.
First Lieut. O. G. Doughton, " " Ohio.
First Lieut. George Kings, " " "
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 23d, 18fH.
Special Field Okders, )
No. 139. )
Savannah being now in our possession, and the river par¬
tially cleared out and measures having been taken to remove
all obstructions, will at once be made a grand depot for future
operations.
I The Chief Quartermaster, General Easton, will,
after giving the necessary orders touching the transports in
Ogeechee river and Ossabaw sound, come in person to Savan¬
nah and take possession of all public buildings, all vacant
store rooms, warehouses, etc., that may be now or hereafter
needed for any department of the army.
No rents will be paid hv the Government of the United
States during the war, and all buildings must be distributed
according to the accustomed rules of the Quartermaster's
Department as though they were public property.
II The Chief Commissary Subsistence, Colonel A.
Beckwith, will tranfer the grand depot of the army to the city
of Savannah, secure possession of the needful buildings and
offices, and give the necessary orders to the end that the army
may be supplied abundantly and well.
HI The Chief Engineer, Captain Poe, will at once
direct which of the enemy's forts are to be retained for our use,
and which dismantled and destroyed; and the Chief Ordnance
Officer, Captain Baylor, will in like manner take possession of
all property pertaining to his Department, captured from the
enemy, and cause the same to be collected and carried to points
of security; all the heavy coast guns will he dismounted and
carried to Fort Pulaski.
IV The troops, for the present, will be grouped
about the city of Savannah, looking to the convenience of
camps: General Slocum taking from the Savannah around to
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about the seven mile post 011 the canal, and General Howard
from thence to the sea; General Kilpatrick will hold King's
bridge until Fort McAllister is dismantled and the troops with¬
drawn from the south side of the Ogeechee, when he will take
post about Anderson's plantation, on the plank road, and picket
all the roads leading from the north and west.
Y General Howard will keep a small guard at Forts
Roseden, Beaulieu, Wimberlv, Thunderbolt and Bonaventure;
and he will cause that shore and Skidaway Island to be
examined very closely, with a view to finding many and con¬
venient points for the embarkation of troops and wagons on
sea-going vessels.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 24th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, i
No. 140. )
I The following named commissioned officers and
enlisted men are hereby detailed for duty in the Quartermas¬
ter's Department, and will report without delay, in person, to
Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster,
for duty:
Lieutenant A. L. Coe, 51st Reg't Illinois Inf'v Yols.
Serg't W. R. Armstrong, Co. B, 16th Reg. Wis. Inf. Vols.
Corp'l D. H. Atwood, Co. F, " "
Priv. A. A. Roberts, " "
" G. M. Jacobs, Co. G, 27th "
" R. M. C. Watson, Co. D, 39th "
" C. F. Lake, Co. F, 32d "
" D.Irwin, Co. G, 89th "
" J. Cook, " " "
" J. P. Yanhorn, Co. H, 17th "
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II Captain Geo. B. Cauwallaukr,, Assistant Quar¬
termaster Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with the
1st division of the Twentieth Army Corps, and will report in
person, without delay, to Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Eas-
ton, Chief Quartermaster, for duty.
III Lieutenant W. L. Rittelly, 51st Regiment
Ohio Infantry, Volunteers, prisoner escaped from Confederate
hands and reaching this army, will proceed to Washington,
D. C., and report to the Commissary General of Prisoners of
War, for orders. The Quartermaster's Department will fur¬
nish transportation.
By order oe Major Gestural W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de- Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 24th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 141. )
I General E aston, Chief Quartermaster, is charged
with the general responsibility of public property in the city.
He will take possession of all cotton and other Quartermaster's
stores; he will also assign quarters to officers and troops, and
designate such buildings, lots, etc., for public use, and have
full control thereof. Officers serving with troops will not be
allowed to occupy buildings in the city, unless the troops are
also doing duty in the city; and Corps, Division and Brigade
Quartermasters and Commissaries will not be allowed to estab¬
lish themselves at any depot, in the city or elsewhei-e, except
upon consultation with the Chief Quartermaster or Chief Com¬
missary Subsistence. The occupation and use of buildings or
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rooms for amusement will be regulated by General Easton,
and no private property will be removed from buildings or
made use of by officers or troops, except by consent of him.
II The Chief Commissary Subsistence, Colonel
Beckwith, will take possession of all subsistence stores and be
charged with their distribution, as also the supplying of desti¬
tute families, conferring with the Mayor of the city as regards
the necessities, etc.; and army commanders will not make
issues directly.
III Corps commanders will furnish the Chief Quar¬
termaster five hundred (500) men each, in regiments, for guard
and fatigue duty. They will also use all effort to supply him
with a force of negroes for labor. Recruiting agents are forbid
recruiting negroes for militaiy service, as all are wanted for
labor.
IY The Provost Marshal's Department, under the
direction of the commanding officer of the post, is charged with
the maintainance of good order in the city and the guarding of
prisoners, and has nothing to do with property. Passes within
the city limits will not be required.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de.-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 25th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 142. 3
I The following named officers and enlisted men,
prisoners escaped from Confederate hands and reaching this
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army, will proceed to Washington, D. C., and report to the
Commissary General of Prisoners of War, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Captain D. A. Kelley, 1st Reg. Ky. Cav., Yols.
Captain James Bryant, 5th " K. Y. " "
Private Milton Hays, 5th " Wis. Inf'y, "
II Lieutenant T. G. Spencer, Ordnance officer,
Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, is hereby relieved
from duty with his division, and will report to Captain T. G.
Baylor, Chief of Ordnance, for assignment to duty.
III Brigadier General Kilpatrick will designate
some officer of the 3d Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, Volun¬
teers, who will, through his direction, under this order, take
command of the non-veteran officers and enlisted men belong¬
ing to Kentucky regiments serving with him, and who are
entitled to be mustered out of service by reason of expiration
of term of service, and proceed to Louisville, Kentucky, to be
mustered out of service according to law.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp,
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 26th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 143. )
The city of Savannah and surrounding country will be
held as a military post and adapted to future military uses, but
as it contains a population of some twenty thousand people
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who must be provided for, and as other citizens may come, it
is proper to lay down certain general principles, that all within
its military jurisdiction may understand their relative duties
and obligations.
I During war, the military is superior to civil
authority, and where interests clash the civil must give way,
yet where there is no conflict every encouragement should be
given to well disposed and peaceful inhabitants to resume their
usual pursuits. Families should be disturbed as little as
possible in their residences, and tradesmen allowed the free use
of their shops, tools, &c. Churches, schools, and all places of
amusement and recreation should be encouraged, and streets
and roads made perfectly safe to persons in their pursuits.
Passes should not be exacted withiu the line of outer pickets,
but if any person shall abuse these privileges by communicating
with the enemy or doing any act of hostility to the Government
of the United States, he or she will be punished with the utmost
rigor of the law.
Commerce with the outer world will be resumed to an
extent commensurate with the interests of the citizens, gov¬
erned by the restrictions and rules of the Treasury Department.
II The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of the
army may give suitable employment to the people, white and
black, or transport them to such points as they may choose,
where employment can be had; and may extend temporary
relief in the way of provisions and vacant houses, to the worthy
and needy, until such time as they can help themselves. They
will select, first, the buildings for the necessary uses of the
army; next a sufficient number of stores, to be turned over to
the Treasury agent for trade stores. All vacant store houses
or dwellings, and all buildings belonging to absent rebels, will
be construed and used as belonging to the United States, until
such times as their titles can be settled by the Courts of the
United States.
II The Mayor and City Council of Savannah will
continue and exercise their functions as such, and will, in con¬
cert with the commanding officer of the Post and the Chief
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Quartermaster, see that the fire companies are kept in organi¬
zation, the streets cleaned and lighted, and keep up a good
understanding between the citizens and soldiers. They will
ascertain and report to the Chief Commissary Subsistence, as
soon as possible, the names and number of worthy families that
need assistance and support.
The Mayor will forthwith give public notice that the time
has come when all must choose their course, viz: to remain
within our lines and conduct themselves as good citizens, or
depart in peace. He will ascertain the names of all who choose
to leave Savannah, and report their names and residence to the
Chief Quartermaster, that measures may be taken to transport
them beyond the lines.
IV Not more than two newspapers will be pub¬
lished in Savannah, and their editors and proprietors will he
held to the strictest accountability, and will be punished
severely in person and property, for any libelous publication,
mischievous matter, premature news, exaggerated statements,
or any comments whatever upon the acts of the constituted
authorities; they will be held accountable even for such articles
though copied from other papers.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 27th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 144. S
I Surgeon Frederick Lt.oyd, United States Vol¬
unteers, is hereby relieved from duty as Surgeon-in-Chief of
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the Third Division Fourteenth Army Corps, and will report to
Surgeon John Mooiie, Chief Medical Director of the army, for
assignment to duty.
II From the necessity of the case, the existing orders
(Circular 75, current series), of the War Department, relative
to the mustering out of service of officers belonging to veteran
regiments, is modified to this extent: all officers entitled to be
mustered out will be mustered out and honorably discharged
according to such orders, except that one field officer to each
regiment, and one officer to each company, will be held to ser¬
vice until the Governor of their respective States can commis¬
sion others, when they will also be mustered out and honorably
discharged.
III Colonel T. J. Heath, 5th Regiment Ohio Cav¬
alry, Volunteers, will proceed to Columbus, Ohio, and report to
the Governor of the State, for the purpose of obtaining recruits
for his regiment, and being re-commissioned or be mustered
out of service.
IV The following named non-commissioned officers
and privates are hereby detailed for duty in the Ordnance
Department, and will report without delay to Lieutenant T. G.
Spencer, Depot Ordnance Officer, for duty:
Sergeant Thomas Croft, 12tli Wisconsin Battery, Vols.
Private J. H. Sanders, " cl " "
" C. S. Jackman, " " " "
" H. B. Sexton, " " " "
" D. R. Brand, " " " "
" J. W. Kimball, Co. A, 1st 111. Light Art'y, Vols,
" William Kutz, Co. B, 65th Reg. 111. Inf'y, "
V Private J. Coles,, Company II, 123d Regiment
New York Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty in
the Quartermaster's Department, and will report in person
without delay to Captain George B. Cadwallader, Assistant
Quartermaster, for duty.
VI Lieutenant Fred. Hope, Jr., Regimental Quar¬
termaster, 16th Regiment Iowa Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby
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relieved from his present duty, and will report in person with¬
out delay to Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief
Quartermaster, for assignment to duty in the Quartermaster's
Department.
YII Captain F. C. Btjtze, Assistant Quartermaster
Volunteers, is relieved from duty at these headquarters, and
will report to Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief
Quartermaster, for orders. He will turn over all public pro¬
perty at these headquarters to Lieutenant Howard, 143d Begi-
ment New York Infantry, Volunteers, Acting Assistant Quar¬
termaster.
VIII Lieutenant E. C. Howard, Regimental Quar¬
termaster, 143d Regiment New York Infantry, Volunteers, is
hereby assigned as Acting Assistant Quartermaster at these
headquarters, and will report at once for duty. He will receive
all public property, stores, &c., belonging to these headquar¬
ters, turned over by Captain F. C. Butze, Assistant Quarter¬
master Volunteers.
IX The following named officers, prisoners escaped
from Confederate hands and reaching this army, will proceed
to Washington, D. C., and report to the Commissary General
of Prisoners of "War, for orders:
Lieutenant W. W. Glazier, Harris' Light Cavalry, Vols.
Lieutenant E. H. Fales, 131st Regiment N. Y. Inf'y, Vols.
X Captain C. O. Howard, Commissary of Musters,
Twentieth Army Corps, is hereby assigned to the charge of all
mustering duties of the 1st Regiment Michigan Engineers and
Mechanics unassigned.
XI The general and business headquarters of this
Military Division will be moved from Nashville, Tennessee, to
Savannah, Georgia, under direction of Brigadier General J. D.
Webster.
By ohder of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-dc-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 28th, 1864.
Special Field Orders,
No. 145.
I Leave of absence for twenty (20) days is hereby
granted Colonel N. Gleason, 87th Regiment Indiana Infantry,
Volunteers.
II Leave of absence for twenty (20) days is hereby
granted First Lieutenant Henry C. Snyder, 8th Regiment
Indiana Cavalry, Volunteers, on account of wounds received in
battle.
III Leave of absence for twenty (20) days is hereby
granted First Lieutenant J. S. Fuller, Company M, 11th Regi¬
ment Ohio Cavalry, Volunteers, on account of Surgeon's certi¬
ficate of disability.
IV Captain George Smith, 9th Regiment Pennsyl¬
vania Cavalry, Volunteers, and Lieutenant Thomas W. Jordan,
9th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, Volunteers, will take
charge of the non-veterans of the 9th Regiment Pennsylvania
Cavalry, Volunteers, entitled to muster out by expiration of
service, and conduct them to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, report
to the Governor of Pennsylvania, and have those men mustered
out according to law, when they will rejoin their command,
wherever it may be.
V Captain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, is hereby
authorized, in the execution of instructions, to build a line of
defence for the city of Savannah, to remove or destroy build¬
ings of any character, or to give orders for the removal of any
camps of troops or other obstacles in the way, and commanders
of troops will assist Captain Poe as much as is possible in the
removal of camps that may interfere with his proposed line.
VI........The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the Subsistence Department, and will
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report in person, without delay, to Captain L. H. Roots, Com¬
missary Subsistence, for duty:
Private J. W. Sabin, Co. K, 86th Reg't Ills. Inf. "Vols.
" H. L. Garrett, Co. G, 33d " Mass. "
" A. J. Sheffield, Co. A, 55th " Ohio "
VII Colonel E. H.Murray, 3d Regiment Kentucky
Cavalry, Volunteers, will proceed to Frankfort, Kentucky, and
report to the Governor of the State, for the purpose of obtain¬
ing recruits for his regiment and being re-commissioned, or be
mustered out of service.
VTII Private Robert L. Crawford, Company F,
107th Regiment Yew York Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby
detailed for duty in the Quartermaster's Department, and will
report in person, without delay, to Captain Geo. B. Cadwal-
eader, Assistant Quartermaster, for orders.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 29th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 146. )
I Lieutenant Edward R. Haight, 107th Regiment
Yew York Infantry Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty in
the Quartermaster's Department, and will report without delay
to Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermas¬
ter, for assignment to duty.
II The resignation of First Lieutenant E. B. Ayres,
2d Regiment Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers, is hereby accepted
for the good of the service, to take effect from this date.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 30th, 1864.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 147. )
I Captain J. S. Weeks, Acting Assistant Quarter¬
master, is hereby detailed for duty in the Quartermaster's
Department, and will report in person, without delay, to
Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster,
for assignment.
II .The following enlisted men are hereby relieved
from duty in the Ordnance Department of this Military Divi¬
sion, and will report to the commanding officer of their com-
pany for duty:
Private J. H. Sanders, 12th Wisconsin Battery, Yols.
" C. S. Jackson, " "
" H. B. Sexton, " "
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., December 31st, 1864.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 148. )
I The work of constructing the "fortifications of
Savannah" will commence at once, under the supervision of
Captain Poe, Chief Engineer, and the line will be divided into
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two divisions, the Ogeechee road being the dividing- line; and
he is authorized to call upon army commanders for such details
for labor as he may require.
Major General Slocum, commanding-left wing, will furnish
details to Captain Poe, for that part of the work north of and
between the Ogeechee road and Savannah river; and Major
General Howard, commanding right wing, will furnish details
for the work south of the Ogeechee road .
II Lieutenant B. E. Miller, Company K, 149th
Regiment New York Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed
for duty as Assistant Depot Ordnance Officer, and will report
in person to Captain T. G. Baylor, Chief of Ordnance, for
instructions.
III First Lieutenant A. Watrous, 137th Regiment
New York Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed to take
charge of a detachment of unassigned recruits and drafted men
belonging to this command, and will report to Colonel A. Beck-
with, Chief Commissary Subsistence, for instructions.
IV Captain H. A. Ulefers, Assistant Adjutant
General Volunteers, having been exchanged as a prisoner of
war, will report to Captain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer Military
Division of the Mississippi, for assignment to duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 2d, 1865.
Sfecial Field Orders, \
No. 1. )
I First Lieutenant Henry A. D. Merritt, 5th
Regiment New York Cavalry, Volunteers, prisoner escaped
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from Confederate hands and reaching- this army, will proceed
to Washington, I). C., and report to the Commissary General
of Prisoners of War, for orders. The Quartermaster's Depart¬
ment will furnish transportation.
II The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the military postofl3.ce, and will report to
Colonel Markland for instructions:
Priv. Riley J. Philbrook, Co. K, 2d Reg. Minn. Inf. V.
" John Place, '* 8Gth " Ills, "
" James Sibbalp, " 70th " Ohio "
III Lieutenant Colonel Chas. Ewing, Inspector
General, will proceed as bearer of dispatches to Hilton Head,
thence to Old Point Comfort and City Point, and thence to Wash¬
ington, D. C. Having received answers to his dispatches, he
will avail himself of the earliest opportunity to return to these
headquarters, wherever they may be.
IV The following enlisted men are hereby detailed
for duty in the Quartermaster's Department, and will report to
Lieutenant C. F. Matteson, Acting Assistant Quartermaster,
for instructions:
Priv. Wm. Landeare, Co.B, 78thReg. Ills. I. V.
" W. H. Collingsworth, Co. G, 111th " " "
" St. Clair S. Sebree, Co. C, 103d " " "
" Chs. J. Bell, Co. I, 81st " Ohio "
" H. C. Campbell, Co. F, 70th " " "
V Major General O. O. Howard, commanding
Amy of the Tennessee, will move the Seventeenth Corps to
Port Royal Island. All details and detachments from this Corps
will join their command at once.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp,
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HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 3d, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 2. )
I Pursuant to Section 10, Act of Congress approved
July 22d, 1861, and General Orders War Department, Nos. 49
and 55, series 1861, a Board of Examiners will convene at the
headquarters left wing-, Army of Georgia, at 9 o'clock a. m.,
January 4th, 1865, for the purpose of examining and deciding
upon the qualifications of such officers as may be ordered before
it by the commanding officer of the Twentieth Army Corps.
The following named officers will constitute the Board:
Colonel Daniel Dusten, 105th Reg't Illinois Infy Vols.
" Wm. Cogswell, 2d " Mass. "
" Ano Pardee, 147th " Penn. "
And it will sit without regard to hours.
Major Wm. S. Cogswell, 5th Regiment Connecticut Infan¬
try, Volunteers, will act as Recorder for the Board.
II Corporal Chas. Mahel, Company G, 16th Regi¬
ment Iowa Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty in
the Quartermaster's Department, and will report in person to
Lieutenant Fred. Hope, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, for
instructions.
III Private H. Risings, Company A, 1st Regiment
Illinois Light Artillery, Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty
in the Ordnance Department, and will report without delay to
Lieutenant T. J. Spencer, Depot Ordnance Officer, for in¬
structions.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 4th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 3. S
I Private John Frost, Company L, 1st Regiment
Kentucky Cavalry, Volunteers, prisoner escaped from Confed¬
erate hands and reaching this army, will proceed to Washing¬
ton, D. C., and report to the Commissary General of Prisoners
of War, for orders. The Quartermaster's Department will fur¬
nish transportation.
II Assistant Surgeon H. W. Turner, 16th Regi¬
ment Wisconsin Infantry, Volunteers, will proceed to Hilton
Head, on business connected with the Medical Department of
the Seventeenth Army Corps, after transacting which he will
report without delay to the commanding officer of his regiment.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 6th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 4. )
I Captain B. F. Winchester, Commissary Subsist¬
ence, Second Brigade, Second Division Twentieth Army Corps,
is hereby relieved from his present duties, and will report in
person to Colonel A. Beckwith, Chief Commissary Subsist¬
ence, for instructions.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 7th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 5. j
I First Lieutenant John L. Coe, 51st Regiment
Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with
General Easton, and will report to Brigadier General J. D.
Morgan, commanding Second Division Fourteenth Army Corps,
for orders.
II First Lieutenant John L. Jones, 17th Regiment
Indiana Veteran Volunteers, and Acting Signal Officer Military
Division of the Mississippi, is hereby relieved from duty, and
will report in person to Major General Geo. H. Thomas, com¬
manding Department of the Cumberland. The Quartermaster's
Department will furnish transportation.
III Captain H. A. Mattison, Company H, 12tli
Regiment New Jersey Infantry, Volunteers, prisoner escaped
from Confederate hands and reaching this army, will report to
his department or army commander, for orders. The Quarter¬
master's Department will furnish transportation.
IV Private Jacob G. He avis, Company H, 15 th
Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, Volunteers, messenger of
Major General George H. Thomas, will proceed to Nashville,
Tennessee, as bearer of dispatches, and report to Major General
G. H. Thomas. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish
transportation.
V Captain C. W. Wakely, 5th Regiment Connec¬
ticut Veteran Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty in the
Commissary Department, Military Division of the Mississippi,
and will report to Colonel A. Beckwith, Chief Commissary
Subsistence, for instructions.
VI The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the Quartermaster's Department Military
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Division of the Mississippi, and will report to Lieutenant A.
B. Howard, Acting1 Assistant Quartermaster, for orders:
Private Morgan Mathews, Co. D, 107th Reg. 111. Inf. V.
" A. G. Garretson, " " "
By order oe Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 8th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 6.
The General commanding announces to the troops com¬
posing the Military Division of the Mississippi, that he has
received from the President of the United States, and from
Lieutenant General Grant, letters conveying their high sense
and appreciation of the campaign just closed, resulting in the
capture of Savannah, and the defeat of Hood's army in
Tennessee.
In order that all may understand the importance of events,
it is proper to revert to the situation of affairs in September
last. We held Atlanta, a city of little value to us, but so impor¬
tant to the enemy that Mr. Davis, the head of the rebellious
faction in the South, visited his army near Palmetto and com¬
manded it to regain it, as well as to ruin and destroy us, by a
series of measures which he thought would be effectual. That
army, by a rapid march, gained our railroad near Big Shanty,
and afterwards about Dalton. We pursued it, but it moved so
rapidly that we could not overtake it, and General Hood led
his army successfully far over towards Mississippi, in hope to
decoy us out of Georgia. But we were not then to be led away
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by him, and preferred to lead and control events ourselves.
Generals Thomas and Sciiofield, commanding the depart¬
ments to our rear, returned to their posts and prepared to
decoy General Hood into their meshes, whilst we came 011 to
complete the original journey. We quietly and deliberately
destroyed Atlanta, and all the railroads which the enemy had
used to carry on war against us, occupied his State capitol, and
then captured his commercial capitol, which had beeu so
strongly fortified from the sea as to defy approach from that
quarter. Almost at the moment of our victorious entry into
Savannah, came the welcome and expected news that our
comrades iu Tennessee had also fulfilled nobly and well their
part, had decoyed General Hood to Nashville and then turned
on him, defeating his army thoroughly, capturing all his artil¬
lery, great numbers of prisoners, and were still pursuing the
fragments down into Alabama. So complete a success in mili¬
tary operations, extending over half a continent, is an achieve¬
ment that entitles it to a place in the military history of the
world. The armies serving in Georgia and Tennessee, as well
as the local garrisons of Decatur, Bridgeport, Chattanooga and
Murfreesboro, are alike entitled to the common honors, and
each regiment may inscribe on its colors at pleasure the words
"Savannah" or "NashvilleThe General commanding
embraces, in the same general success, the operations of the
cavalry column under Generals Stoneman, Burbridge and
Gielem, that penetrated into Southwest Virginia and paralyzed
the efforts of the enemy to disturb the peace and safety of East
Tennessee. Instead of being put on the defensive, we have at
all points assumed the bold offensive, and completely thwarted
the designs of the enemies of our country.
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 9th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 7. )
I The 1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry, Volunteers,
Colonel George E. Spencer commanding, is hereby relieved
from duty with the Department and Army of the Tennessee,
and is assigned to the cavalry division of Brigadier General J.
Kilpatrick. Colonel Spencer will report to General Kil-
patrick for instructions.
II Surgeon Lewis Slusser, 69th Regiment Ohio
Infantry, Veteran Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty as
Chief Surgeon Second Brigade, First Division, Fourteenth
Army Corps, and will report to Surgeon Moore, Chief Medical
Director, for assignment to duty in the hospitals of Savannah.
III Corporal C. A. Allen, Company D, 36th Regi¬
ment Massachusetts Infantry, Volunteers, prisoner escaped
from Confederate hands and reaching this army, will report to
the Commissary General of Prisoners at "Washington, D. C.,
for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
IV Brigadier General William P. Carlin, United
States Volunteers, is hereby granted a leave of absence for
twenty (20) days.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 10th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 8. )
I The resignation of First Lieutenant Jared S.
Fuller, Company M, 10th Regiment Ohio Cavalry, Volun¬
teers, based upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, is hereby
accepted.
II A Board of Survey will assemble at the Arsenal
January 11th, 1865, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to examine and report
as to the condition of ordnance stores received. The following
officers will compose the board:
Captain W. E. Goodman, Ordnance officer Second Division,
Twentieth Army Corps.
Captain O. J. Sweet, 137th Regiment New York Infantry,
Volunteers.
Captain Thomas H. Lee, 33d Regiment New Jersey In¬
fantry, Volunteers.
III Private Sylvester S. Noble, Company K, 11th
Regiment Michigan Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed as
clerk in the Adjutant General's Department at these headquar¬
ters, and will report to Captain L. M. Dayton, for instruc¬
tions.
IV Captain Platt M. Thorn, Company H, 150th
Regiment New York Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby assigned
as Chief of Ordnance for the left wing, and will report for duty
to Major General H. W. Slocum, commanding.
V Lieutenant Norman Lewis, Ordnance officer of
Brigadier General J. Iyilpatrick's division, will proceed to
Washington, D. C., to secure arms for the division upon appro¬
ved requisitions.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
By order of Ma.tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Atd-de-Camp.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 11th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 9. )
The following named enlisted men are hereby detailed for
duty in the Subsistence Department of the Military Division of
the Mississippi, and will report in person to Captain Logan H.
Roots, Commissary Subsistence, for instructions:
Private E. M. Clarke, Co. K, 101st Reg. Ills. Inf. Vols.
" Henry Chalmers, Co. D, 15th " Mich. "
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 12th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 10. )
I Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief
Quartermaster, will turn over to Simeon Draper, Esq., agent of
the U. S. Treasury Department, all cotton now in the city of
Savannah, prize of war, taking his receipt for the same in gross
for quantity and returning for it to the Quartermaster General.
He will also afford Mr. Draper all the facilities in his power
in the way of transportation, labor, etc., to enable him to
handle the cotton with expedition.
II General Easton will also turn over to Mr. Dra¬
per the custom house, and such other buildings in the city of
Savannah as he may need in the execution of his office.
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III Private Benj. E. Lakin, 15th Regiment Ohio
hi fan try, Voulunteers, (unassigned recruit,) is hereby relieved
from duty in the Subsistence Department of the Militaiy Divis¬
ion of the Mississippi, and will report to the commanding offi¬
cer of his regiment, via Nashville, Tennessee.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary
transportation.
IV Private Harry Hazel, Company G, 55th Regi¬
ment Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty
in the Ordnance Department of the Military Division of the
Mississippi, and will report to Lieutenant Thos. J. Spencer,
Depot Ordnance Officer, for instructions.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Carrij).
HE AD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 13th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 11. )
I Surgeon W. C. Bennett, United States Volun¬
teers, is hereby relieved from duty as Medical Inspector of the
Twentieth Army Corps, and is assigned to the charge of hos¬
pitals of the left wing, Army of Georgia, in and around the city
of Savannah.
II The following named officers, prisoners escaped
from Confederate hands and reaching this army, will proceed
to Washington, D. C., and report to the Commissary General
of Prisoners of War for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Captain W. H. Tedford, 50th Regiment Pennsylvania
Infantry, Volunteers.
Lieutenant P. F. Hodge, 55th Regiment Pennsylvania
Infantry, Volunteers.
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III The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the Ordnance Department of the Military
Division of the Mississippi, and will report to Lieutenant
Thomas J. Spencer, Depot Ordnance officer, for instructions:
Sergeant Andrew Barr, Company C, 5th Regiment Ohio
Infantry, Volunteers.
Private James H. Maiion, Company D, 5th Regiment Ohio
Infantry, Volunteers.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 14th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 12.
It being represented that the Confederate army and armed
bands of robbers, acting professedly under the authority of the
Confederate Government, are harrassing the people of Georgia
and endeavoring to intimidate them in the efforts they are
making to secure to themselves provisions, clothing-, security
to life and property, and the restoration of law and good gov¬
ernment in the State, it is hereby ordered and made public—
I That the farmers of Georgia may bring into Savan¬
nah, Fernandina or Jacksonville, Florida marketing, such as
beef, pork, mutton, vegetables of any kind, fish, &c., as well as
cotton in small quantities, and sell the same in open market,
except the cotton, which must be sold by or through the Treas¬
ury agents, and may invest the proceeds in family stores, such
as bacon and flour in reasonable quantities, groceries, shoes and
clothing, and articles not contraband of war, and carry the same
back to their families. No trade stores will be attempted in
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the interior, or stocks of goods sold for them, but families may
club together for mutual assistance and protection in coming
and going.
II The people are encouraged to meet together in
peaceful assemblage to discuss measures looking to their safety
and good government, and the restoration of State and National
authority, and will be protected by the National army when so
doing, and all peaceable inhabitants who satisfy the command¬
ing officers that they are earnestly laboring to that end, must
not only be left undisturbed in property and person, but must
be protected as far as possible consistent with the military
operations. If any farmer or peaceable inhabitant is molested
by the enemy, viz: the Confederate army or guerrillas, because
of his friendship for the National Government, the perpetrator,
if caught, will be summarily punished or his family made to
suffer for the outrage—but if the crime cannot be traced to the
actual party, then retaliation will be made on the adherents to
the cause of the rebellion; should a Union man be murdered,
then a rebel, selected by lot, will be shot: or if a Union family
be persecuted on account of the cause, a rebel family will be
banished to a foreign land. In aggravated cases, retaliation
will be extended as high as five for one. All commanding offi¬
cers will act promptly in such cases, and report their action
after the retaliation is done.
III Captain B. Frank Winchester, Commissary
Subsistence, United States Volunteers, is hereby granted a
leave of absence for twenty (20) days.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 15th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 13.
The Department of the South having been placed within
the sphere of this command, and it being highly desirable that
one uniform policy prevail touching commerce and intercourse
with the inhabitants of the South, the following general rules
and principles will be adhered to, unless modified by law or
the orders of the "War Department:
I Commerce with foreign nations, or in an enlarged
sense, cannot be permitted or undertaken, until the .National
authority is established to an extent that will give the necessary
courts and offices to control and manage such matters. Trade
will be confined to a limited barter and sale proportioned to
the necessary wants of the army, and of the inhabitants depen¬
dent on it for the necessaries of life; and even that trade must
be kept subject to strict military control or surveillance.
II Trade stores will be permitted at Beaufort, Hil¬
ton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine and Jackson¬
ville, in all articles of clothing and food, groceries, ladies and
children's goods generally, and articles not contraband of war.
III To trade is a privilege, and no person will be
allowed to buy and sell for profit, unless he be a citizen of the
United States, and subscribe to any legal oath or obligation
that is or may be prescribed by law; and at points threatened
by an enemy, the officer commanding may further exact as a
condition, that the trader shall himself engage to serve in some
military capacity to aid in defense of the place.
IY Persons desiring to trade will apply to the com¬
manding officer of the post, and obtain his written consent,
specifying the kind, nature, and extent of the trade, and when
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he requires importations from Northern cities, he will in like
manner apply for his permit. The commanding officer of the
post may appoint some good officer to supervise these matters,
who will frequently inspect the stores, and when there is not
sufficient competition, will fix the pi-ices of sale. These stores
will, in like manner, be subject to the supervision of the Com¬
manding General of the Department of the South, by himself,
or an Inspector General.
Y In order that purchases may be made with econ¬
omy, the commanding officer of each post will make reports of
his action in regard to trade, with the names of traders,
amounts of goods desired for sale, etc., to the Commanding
General of the Department, who will, in like manner, make
full report to the Secretary of the United States Treasury, to
the end that he may instruct the collectors of ports from which
shipments are expected, as to the necessary permits and clear¬
ances. It being utterly impracticable that a General command¬
ing military operations should give his personal attention to such
matters, it is desirable that as much power as possible should be
delegated to post commanders, and they should be held to the
strictest account that no trade is permitted injurious to the
military interests of the United States.
VI Sales of cotton will be restricted absolutely to
the United States Treasury agents, and no title in cotton or
bill of sale will be respected until after the cotton is sold at
New York. Country people having small lots of cotton are
permitted to bring the same in, to be exchanged for food and
clothing for their families. The Quartermaster will set aside a
store or warehouse, to which each wagon bearing cotton will,
after entering the military lines, proceed direct, where an
agent of the Treasury Department will receive and weigh the
same, and pay for it the pi'ice fixed in the 8th section of the act
of Congress, approved July 2d, 1864, viz: three-fourths the
value of cotton as quoted in the New York market—and the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby requested to make appoint¬
ments of agents to carry out the provisions of said act at
the posts of Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina and Jack¬
sonville.
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VII In order that the duties hereby imposed on
commanding officers of posts may not be neglected or slighted,
by the changes incident to rank and changes of troops, the com¬
manding General of the Department of the South will appoint
a special officer to command at each of said posts, with a small
garrison, not to be changed without his order; and when other
troops, commanded by a senior, are added or arrive, the com¬
mand of the post will not change, but the additional troops will
be encamped near by, and act according to special instructions.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI'
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 16th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 14. )
I.. Private Michael Eithaler, Company E, 82d
Eegiment Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed for
duty as teamster at these headquarters, and will report in
person to Brevet Colonel O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer Military
Division of the Mississippi, for instructions.
II Surgeon J. C. Morgan, 29th Eegiment Missouri
Infantry, Volunteers, is relieved from duty with his regiment
and assigned to duty as Health officer of the city of Savannah.
It will be his duty to see to the prompt removal to the proper
hospital of all contagious diseases, and also that the carcasses of
dead animals and all offal or other matter, either offensive or
detrimental to health, be removed with as little delay as
possible.
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To facilitate the execution of these duties, he will at once
put himself in communication with the General commanding
the post.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 16th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 15. ;
I The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned
rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea,
and the country bordering the St. Johns river, Florida, are
reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now
made free by the acts of war and the proclamation of the Presi¬
dent of the United States.
II At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernan-
dina, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, the blacks may remain in
their chosen or accustomed vocations—but on the islands, and
in the settlements hereafter to be established, no white person
whatever, unless military officers and soldiers detailed for duty,
will be permitted to reside; and the sole and exclusive manage¬
ment of affairs will be left to the freed people themselves,
subject only to the United States military authority and the acts
of Congress. By the laws of war, and orders of the President
of the United States, the negro is free and must be dealt with
as such. He cannot be subjected to conscription or forced
military service, save by the written orders of the highest mili¬
tary authority of the Department, under such regulations as
the President or Congress may prescribe. Domestic servants,
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blacksmiths, carpenters and other mechanics, will be free to
select their own work and residence, but the young and able-
bodied negroes must be encouraged to enlist as soldiers in the
service of the United States, to contribute their share towards
maintaining their own freedom, and securing their rights as
citizens of the United States.
Negroes so enlisted will be organized into companies, bat¬
talions and regiments, under the orders of the United States
military authorities, and will be paid, fed and clothed accord¬
ing to law. The bounties paid on enlistment may, with the
consent of the recruit, go to assist his family and settlement in
procuring agricultural implements, seed, tools, boots, clothing,
and other articles necessary for their livelihood.
Ill Whenever three respectable negroes, heads of
families, shall desire to settle on land, and shall have selected
for that purpose an island or a locality clearly defined, within
the limits above designated, the Inspector of Settlements and
Plantations will himself, or by such subordinate officer as he
may appoint, give them a license to settle such island or dis¬
trict, and afford them such assistance as he can to enable them
to establish a peaceable agricultural settlement. The three
parties named will subdivide the land, under the supervision of
the Inspector, among themselves and such others as may choose
to settle near them, so that each family shall have a plot of not
more than (40) forty acres of tillable ground, and when it bor¬
ders on some water channel, with not more than 800 feet water
front, in the possession of which land the military authorities
will afford them protection, until such time as they can protect
themselves, or until Congress shall regulate their title. The
Quartermaster may, on the requisition of the Inspector of
Settlements and Plantations, place at the disposal of the Inspec¬
tor, one or more of the captured steamers, to ply between the
settlements and one or more of the commercial points hereto¬
fore named in orders, to afford the settlers the opportunity to
supply their necessary wants, and to sell the products of their
land and labor.
IY Whenever a negro has enlisted in the military
service of the United States, he may locate his family in any
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one of the settlements at pleasure, aud acquire a homestead, and
all other rights and privileges of a settler, as though present in
person. In like manner, negroes may settle their families and
engage on board the gunboats, or in fishing, or in the navigation
of the inland waters, without losing any claim to land or other
advantages derived from this system. But no one, unless an
actual settler as above defined, or unless absent on Government,
service, will be entitled to claim any right to land or property
in any settlement by virtue of these orders.
V In order to carry out this system of settlement, a
general officer will be detailed as Inspector of Settlements and
Plantations, whose duty it shall be to visit the settlements, to
regulate their police and general management, and who will
furnish personally to each head of a family, subject to the
approval of the President of the United States, a possessory
title in writing, giving as near as possible the description of
boundaries; and who shall adjust all claims or conflicts that
may arise under the same, subject to the like approval, treating
such titles altogether as possessory. The same general officer
will also be charged with the enlistment and organization of
the negro recruits, and protecting their interests while absent
from their settlements; and will be governed by the rules and
regulations prescribed by the War Department for such
purposes.
VI Brigadier General R. Saxton is hereby appointed
Inspector of Settlements aud Plantations, and will at once enter
on the performance of his duties. No change is intended or
desired in the settlement now on Beaufort Island, nor will any
rights to property heretofore acquired be affected thereby.
By order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
1st the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 17th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 16.
I The resignation of Captain C. C. Hare, Company
L, 5th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, Volunteers, is hereby
accepted on condition that he receive no final payment until he
has satisfied the Pay Department that he is not indebted to the
United States.
II Captain J. H. Burgess, 136th Regiment New
York Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby assigned to duty as Ord¬
nance Officer, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps.
III Lieutenant H. M. Kenderdine, Company A,
17th Regiment Iowa Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby assigned
to duty in the Subsistence Department, and will report in per¬
son to Captain Logan H. Roots, Commissary Subsistence.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 18th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 17. )
I Brigadier General Wm. Harrow, United States
Volunteers, reporting to the General Commanding by order of
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Major General Howard, commanding Department and Army
of the Tennessee, will report in person to the Adjutant General
U. S. A., Washington, D. C., for assignment.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
II Brigadier General Wm. Vandever, United States
Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the Department of the
Tennessee to the Department of the Cumberland, and will
report in person to Brevet Major General J. C. Davis, for
assignment to duty.
III The resignation of Assistant Surgeon James F.
Gardner, 10th Regiment Ohio Cavalry, Volunteers, is hereby
accepted, upon condition that he receives no final payments
until he has satisfied the Pay Department that he is not indebted
to the United States.
IV Private James D. Morgan, Company G, 2od
Regiment Kentucky Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed
for duty in the Subsistence Department, and will report in per¬
son to Captain Logan II. Roots, Commissary Subsistence.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 18tli, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 18. )
I.. Major General H. W. Slocum, commanding left
wing, will to-morrow, January 19th, turn over to Major Gen¬
eral J. G. Foster, commanding Department of the South, the
command and charge of the city of Savannah, Georgia.
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II Major General Foster will thereon relieve the
guards, patrols and fatigue parties belonging to General
Geary's command, and assign a commander for the post and
city of Savannah, to be governed by existing orders and instruc¬
tions from these headquarters.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 19th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 19. )
I Major General J. G. Foster, commanding Depart¬
ment of the South, will occupy in force the city of Savannah
and river defences, and maintain a good strong picket in con¬
nection with the gunboats at or near Purysburg.
He will also establish an entrenched camp at or near
Pocotaligo, covering Port Iioyal ferry and the road back to
Broad river.
II Major General Howard, commanding right wing-
army in the field, will group his army in front of Coosawhatchee
and Pocotaligo, prepared to move inland with his wagons, con¬
taining five (5) days forage and provisions, and ammunition to
their full capacity, in about the same proportions as when the
army left Atlanta; he will continue to draw supplies from the
head of Broad river up to the last moment before departure.
III Major General Slocum, commanding left wing-
army in the field, will in like manner conduct his wing to con¬
venient camps in the neighborhood of Robertsville, extending
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towards Coosawliatcliee, loading liis wagons in the manner
prescribed for the right wing, and drawing his supplies up to
the last moment from Purysburg and Sister's ferry, on the
Savannah river.
IY Brevet Major General Kilpatrick will move
his cavalry in concert with the left wing, cross the Savannah
river at Sister's ferry, and picket the roads in front of the left
wing, and open communication with Coosawhatchee, drawing
his supplies also from the depot at Sister's ferry.
V Headquarters of the army will be established
first at Coosawhatchee, to which point army commanders will
report all matters of interest, and the earliest moment possible
that they will be ready to move inland.
The right wing will establish a depot for sick and property
at Hilton Head, the left wing and cavalry corps the same at
Savannah, and each corps will leave behind all unnecessary
servants and non-combatants, all tents save one for headquar¬
ters of brigade and upwards, flys to shelter from the weather,
and tents necessary for hospital purposes; also, all chests for
office papers, and other baggage not necessary for use in battle,
with orders for their office papers and necessary baggage to
follow them by water.
YI The Chief Quartermaster, and Commissary of
the army in the field, will use all possible exertion to push
forward supplies to the points named in this order, and will be
prepared to follow the movements of the army by water with
the provisions, forage and stores necessary for a re-supply.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 19th, 1865.
Special Field Okders, )
No. 20. )
I Private John T. Taylor, (unassigned recruit),
1st Regiment Ohio Cavalry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed for
duty in the Post Office Department, and will report to Colonel
Markland for instructions.
II The Board of Survey authorized by Paragraph
I, Special Field Orders, No. 8, from these headquarters, is
hereby dissolved, and the members composing the Board will
resume their duties prior to its organization.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., January 20th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 21. )
I The following named enlisted men, prisoners
escaped from Confederate hands and reaching this army, will
report to their respective Department or Army commanders
for orders:
Private "VVm. M. Spencer, Company K, 72d Regiment
Indiana Mounted Infantry.
Private John W. Richard, Company C, 98th Regiment
Illinois Mounted Infantry.
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II The resignation of First Lieutenant Tiios. Wj
Fanning, Company G, 9th Regiment Ohio Cavalry, Volunteers,
is hereby accepted, conditioned that he receive no final pay¬
ments until he has satisfied the Pay Department that he is not
indebted to the United States.
III The following named enlisted men are hereby
relieved from duty in the Ordnance Department, and will
report without delay to their respective commands, for duty:
Sergeant A. Bark, 5tli Regiment Ohio Infantry, Vol¬
unteers.
Private Chas. W. Cahone, 5th Regiment Ohio Infantry,
Volunteers.
Private D. Brandt, 12th Wisconsin Battery, Volunteers.
IV Private Maurice Mulvahill, 4th United States
Cavalry, is hereby relieved from duty as Orderly to Brevet
Major General Barry, Chief of Artillery, and will report to the
commanding ofiicer of his regiment, via Nashville, Tennessee.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation .
11 y order of Ma.tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Pocotaligo, S. C., January 28th, 18fi5.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 22 )
I By the advice of Surgeon Moore, and for the
benefit of his health now impaired by service, Brevet Major
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General M. D. Leggett, United States Yolunteers, will pro¬
ceed, via New York, to his home, Zanesville, Ohio. Upon
recovery he will rejoin his command wherever it may be.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transporta¬
tion to New York, and from there in return.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Pocotaligo, S. C., January 29th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 23. 3
I Brigadier General Henry Prince, United States
Yolunteers, having reported pursuant to Special Field Orders,
No. 327, headquarters Department of the Cumberland, series
1864, will report to Major General J. G. Foster, commanding
Department of the South, for special assignment to duty.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Pocotaligo, S. C., January 30tli, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 24. )
I Corporal Chas. W. Cahel, Company G, 16th
Iowa Infantry, Yolunteers, is relieved from further duty with
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Lieutenant Fred. Hope, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, and
will report to his regimental commander for instructions.
By order of Ma.tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Lowry's, February 8th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 25.
The next movement will be against the railroad at any
point between Orangeburg and the Congaree, as near Orange¬
burg as possible.
I The right wing is charged with the destruction
of the South Carolina railroad from and including the Edisto
bridge to Blackville; and the left wing, with the Engineer
Regiment and the cavalry, will destroy from Blackville west as
far as possible.
II Major General Howard will move the Seven¬
teenth Corps by the State road to Bimaker's and Holman's
bridges, feign at one and cross at the other, and move on
Orangeburg. The Fifteenth Corps will move up the railroad
to a point about four (4) miles west of Graham's station, and
after having finished the destruction of the railroad to Black¬
ville, will cross the Edisto by Holman's bridge, or the head of
Young's Island, and move in support of the Seventeenth Corps.
III The Twentieth Corps will move to Blackville,
and continue the destruction of the railroad westward, and the
. Fourteenth Corps will come up on the road about White Pond,
or Williston, and as soon as the destruction of the road is
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complete, will cross the Edisto at the head of Young's Island or
atGuynard's bridge, and push out to the Orangeburg and Edge¬
field road, ready to move on Orangeburg or Columbia, accord¬
ing to developments.
IV The cavalry will continue to act in concert with
the left wing, will burn the railroad as far west as possible, and
cross the Edisto to the Edgefield road at the same time with the
left wing. All troops will lean towards Orangeburg until it is
known that the right wing has made a secure lodgement at or
near Orangeburg.
Br ordkr of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Columbia, S. C., February 16th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 26. )
The next series of movements will be on Fayetteville, North
Carolina, and thence to Wilmington or Goldsboro, according to
events. Great care must be exercised in collecting forage and
food, and at the same time in covering the wagon trains from
cavalry dashes.
I General Howard will cross the Saluda and Broad
rivers as near their mouths as possible, occupy Columbia,
destroy the public buildings, railroad property, manufacturing
and machine shops, but will spare libraries and asylums, and
private dwellings. He will then move to Winnsboro, destroying
en route, utterly, that section of the railroad. He will also cause
all bridges, trestles, water tanks and depots, on the railroad,
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back to the Wateree, to be burned, switches broken, and such
other destruction as he can find time to accomplish consistent
with the proper celerity. For movements of his army, he will
select roads that cross the "Wateree to the south of Lancaster.
II Generals Slocuji and Kilx>atriciv will cross the
Saluda river near Mount Zion and the Broad river, below or at
Alston, and will cause the destruction of the bridge at Alston
and the railroad, back towards Columbia, as far as possible,
aiming to be in communication with Winnsboro by the time
General Howard reaches that point. They will study to get
roads in the dii'ection of Lancaster, and should they have any
spare time 011 reaching the Great Northern Bail road, they will
prolong the break in the direction north of "Winnsboro.
III Colonel O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will cause
the 1st Regiment Michigan Engineers to accompany the light
wing, and have it destroy as much of the railroad fi'om Colum¬
bia, northward, thi-ough and beyond Winnsboro, as possible,
working in concert with any troops he may find employed at
that woi'k.
IY The General-in-Chief will be with the left divis¬
ion of the light wing, or right division of the left wing, or as
near the centre of the army as possible, and will, from time to
time, advise commanding officers of his whereabouts. He also
expects the fullest possible reports of subordinate commanders.
In the absence of specific orders, the right wing- will be the
" column of direction," and will aim for Winnsboro, Cheraw,
Fayetteville, etc.
Br Order of Major Generai, W. T. Sherman:
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, February 25th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 27. S
I Private James Ferguson, Company B, 143d Regi¬
ment New York Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty in the
Quartermaster's Department, at these headquarters, and will
report to Lieutenant Howard, for instructions.
II Private J. A. Belden, Company E, 105th Regi¬
ment Illinois Infantry, is hereby detailed for duty at these
headquarters, and will report without delay.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Fayetteville, N. C., March 11th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 28. J
I The right wing, Major General O. O. Howard
commanding, will cross Cape Fear river as soon as possible,
and take roads leading towards Faison Station, on the Wil¬
mington and Weldon Railroad, but will not depart from the
river till further notice.
II The left wing, Major General H. W. Slocum
commanding, will hold the town of Fayetteville, and he will lay
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his pontoons ready to cross the river, but in the meantime will
destroy all railroad property, all shops, factories, tanneries, &c.,
and all mills save one water mill of sufficient capacity to grind
meal for the people of Fayetteville.
Ill The cavalry is charged with destroying the
railroad trestles, depots, mills and factories as far up as lower
Little river, including its bridge, and will be prepared to cross
to the east of Cape Fear river during Monday night.
1Y Brevet Colonel O. M. Poe is chai'ged with the
utter demolition of the Arsenal building, and everything per¬
taining to it; and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel T. G. Baylor,
Chief Ordnance officer, is charged with the destruction of all
powder and ordnance stores, including guns and small arms,
keeping the usual record. The time allowed will be Sunday
and Monday.
V All commanding officers having refugee families
or negroes in charge, will prepare a train, with a small guard,
to proceed to Wilmington after crossing South river. An officer
will be detailed from these headquarters to conduct them to
Wilmington. A guard of one hundred men of each wing, com¬
posed of men entitled to discharge, or escaped soldiers and
officers, will be deemed a sufficient guard.
YI The army will prepare to lean towards the
northeast by Tuesday next.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON.
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Fiei.d, Fayetteville, N. C., March 12th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 29. S
I The General commanding- takes pleasure in
announcing to the army that he is now in communication with
Wilmington, a steam tug having arrived. He will dispatch her
with mail at 6 r. m. to-day, and have some essential supplies
brought up; but we have another march before reaching our
true destination.
II. Lieutenant S. H. M. Byeks, 5th Iowa ,
escaped prisoner, is detailed as bearer of dispatches, and will
proceed in the tug boat now at the bridge, to Wilmington, and
deliver his dispatches, thence to General Ghaut, at City Point,
and thence to Washington City, to report to the Commissary
General of Prisoners, for instructions.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Fayetteville, N. C , March 13th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 30. )
I The following named officers and enlisted men,
United States Army, prisoners escaped from Confederate
authorities, and having reached this army, will proceed to
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Washington, D. C., and report to the Commissary General of
Prisoners of war, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
First Lieut. H. B. Freeman, Adjt. 1st Bat. 18th Inf., U. S. A.
Capt. Henry Hiscocic, Co. G, 1st Reg. Mo. Light Art'v.
Capt. J. W. Morton, Co. D, 4th Reg. Mass. Cavaliy.
Capt. Jos. E. Fiske, Co. —, 2d Reg. Mass. Heavy Art'y.
First Lieut. S. P. Gamble, Co. D, 63d Reg. Pa. Vols., Inf.
Second Lieut. Geo. Halpin, Co. A, 116th " " "
Second Lieut. J. II. Judd, 27th Reg. Mass. Vols., Inf.
First Lieut. H. S. Taintor, Co. G, 82d Reg. 17. Y. Vols., Inf.
First Lieut. Geo. A. Chandler, 5th Reg. Maine Vols., Inf.
II For the reason of wounds received in battle,
thirty (30) days' leave of absence is hereby granted Captain
John Latty, Company C, 1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry,
Volunteers.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transporta¬
tion to Yew York.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
In the Field, Fayetteville, N. C., March 14th, 1865.
■Special Field Orders, )
No. 31. )
I Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, for wounds
received in battle, thirty (30) days' leave of absence is hereby
granted Major F. L. Cramer, 1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry,
Volunteers.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transporta¬
tion to Yew York.
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II Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, for
wounds received in battle, thirty (30) days' leave of absence is
hereby granted First Lieutenant Jos. H. Hornback, Company
K, 1st Regiment Alabama Volunteers, Cavalry.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transporta¬
tion to New York.
III Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, for
wounds received in battle, thirty (30) days' leave of absence is
hereby granted Second Lieutenant Geo. C. Jenkins, Company
M, 1st Regiment Alabama Volunteers, Cavalry.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transporta¬
tion to New York.
IV Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, for
wounds received in battle, thirty (30) days' leave of absence is
hereby granted First Lieutenant AVilliam Cox, Company A,
92d Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteers, Mounted Infantry.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transporta¬
tion to New York.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adiutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Fayetteville, N. C., March 13th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 32. )
I. Major Jno. S. Winson, UGth Illinois Infantry, is
hereby detailed to conduct to Wilmington all the refugees,
white and black, that now incumber the army. The command¬
ing General of each wing, and of the Cavalry, will turn over to
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him all such i*efugees, with such wagons, horses, mules, etc.,
whether captured or public, as may be necessary to facilitate
their journey, with a small supply of flour, bacon and beef
cattle. Major Winson wTill conduct them to Wilmington and
turn them over to the Quartermaster or Treasury agent, who
will dispose of them according to laws or existing orders. A
guard of one hundred men will be sent from each wing, com¬
posed of men entitled to discharge or furlough, provided with
their papers, to take effect on arrival at AYilmington.
II Major AVinson will, on completion of this duty,
return to his command, via Beaufort, North Carolina.
III The Quartermasters Department will supply
Major Winson with all the facilities in its power to carry out
this order.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIAUSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Bentonville, N. C-, March 21st, 1865.
Special FTeld Orders, 1
No. 33. )
I Major General Hoavard, commanding right wing,
will retain only such wagons as are essential to immediate
operations, and dispatch the balance under small escort to Kin-
ston, for a supply of provisions. He Avill establish a temporary
depot for his command, south of the Neuse river and east of
the Wilmington and Goldsboro railroad, in which to deposit
his camp equipage, whilst his wagons are engaged in bringing
up stores.
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II Major General Slocum, commanding' left wing,
will in like manner establish a temporary depot, at a point south
of Neuse and west of the Wilmington and Goldshoro railroad,
in which to deposit his camp equipage, whilst his wagons are
engaged in bringing him supplies from Kinstou. He will send
his Abounded to a temporary hospital camp, on the Wilmington
and Goldsboro railroad, convenient to Goldsboro.
The wagons needed for immediate operations will be shifted
around the left flank of the right Aving, to a point between Cox's
bridge and the rear of the right wing.
III General Kilpatriok, commanding cavalry, will
in like manner establish a temporary depot on the Wilmington
and Goldsboro railroad, near Mount Olive station, to which
point he will send all incumbrances that will impede his march.
IY General Slocum Avill send his bridge train to
Cox's bridge, to report to Major General Terry, who will effect
a crossing of ISTeuse river at that point, and cover it on the north
side by at least one brigade, entrenched. General Howard will
send his bridge train to some good crossing betAveen his tem¬
porary depot and Goldsboro.
Y. Major General Sohofield, commanding Army
of the Ohio, will occupy Goldsboro and make disposition to
cross over Little Rrver, in the direction of Smithfield.
VI Colonel W. W. Wright will use extraordinary
exertions to complete the railroad into Goldsboro, and provide
rolling stock for moving a maximum quantity of supplies.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Bentonville, N. O., March 21st, 18G5.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 34. )
I Corporal James Pike, Company A, 4th Regiment
Ohio Volunteers, Cavalry, will proceed without delay to Wash¬
ington, D. C., and report to the Adjutant General of the Army,
for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation .
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Bentonville, N. C., March 22d, 1865.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 35. S
The General Commanding announces to this army that
yesterday it beat, on its chosen ground, the concentrated armies
of our enemy, who has fled in disorder, leaving his dead,
wounded and prisoners in our hands, and burning his bridges
on his retreat.
On the same day Major General Sciiofield, from New-
bern, entered and occupied Goldsboro; and Major General
Terry, from Wilmington, secured Cox's bridge crossing, and
laid a pontoon bridge across Neuse river, so that our campaign
has resulted in a glorious success. After a march of the most
extraordinary character, near five hundred miles, over swamps
and rivers, deemed impassable to others, at the most inclement
season of the year, and drawing our chief supplies from a poor
and wasted country, we reach our destination in good health
and condition.
I thank the army, and assure it that our Government and
people honor them for this new display of the physical and
moral qualities, which reflect honor upon the whole nation.
You shall now have rest and all the supplies that can be
brought from the rich granaries and storehouses of our magnifi¬
cent country, before again embarking on new and untried
dangers.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.
Official :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 24th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 36. [
I Major General Sciiofieed, commanding the
Department of North Carolina, will, out of the troops now at
his command, organize a force equivalent to two corps, or five
divisions, and proceed to equip them in the most complete
manner for field service. This force, while operating with the
other armies in the field, will be styled the " Centre." For the
present, General Schofieed will post his command to hold
Goldsboro, and cover the railroads back to Wilmington and
Morehead City. He will also aid the Railroad Department with
details, to enable it to finish, in the shortest possible time, the
two roads, and equip them for service.
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II Colonel W. "W.Wrigiit, of the Railroad Depart¬
ment, will vise extraordinary means, night and day, to complete
the two railroads from Goldsboro back to Morehead City and
Wilmington, and to equip them to the capacity of 300 tons per
day of freight. He may pay any price for labor, call for details
of soldiers, and draw rolling stock from. Savannah, Charleston,
or any point within this command, and all commanding officers
and Quartermasters will give preference to the shipment of
such stock over that of any other work whatever, not involving
life. The work of these railroads is limited and restricted to
the transportation, in the order following, of " army stores:"
1st—Ammunition.
2d—Food for men.
3d—Clothing for men.
4th—Grain for animals.
5th—Camp and garrison equipage.
6th—Hay or long forage.
Until there is an accumulation of supplies at Goldsboro,
enough to fill the wagons of the army, no officer, soldier or
citizen, or any private stores whatever, will be carried on the
up trips, unless it be mail matter and officers or couriers bearing
orders for army headquarters, and these not to exceed one car
load per day. All else must march, or use horses and wagons,
from the salt water to Goldsboro, until the army is thoroughly
clothed and equipped. Return cars may load according to the
discretion of the Quartermaster in charge, provided there be no
delay. To facilitate the completion of these roads, Colonel Poe
will cause the 1st Michigan Engineers to work back towards
Newbern; General Howard will cause to be built the railroad
bridge over Neuse, near Goldsboro; General Slocum, the wagon
road bridge on the Mount Olive road, and General Schofield,
the railroad bridge over the northeast branch, near Wilming¬
ton, leaving Colonel Wright, with his working parties, to
look after the laying and ballasting the track, and getting the
cars in motion.
Ill The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of
the army in the field, Generals Easton and Beckwith, will
at once repair to Goldsboro, and there control the movement of
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supplies, according- to the necessities of the army and orders
issued at these general headquarters. All estimates and requi¬
sitions will be addressed accordingly.
IY The right wing- of the army will group to the
front and right of Goldsboro, looking north; the left wing in
front and left of Goldsboro; the centre in Goldsboro, with
detachments to cover the railroads to the rear. The cavalry
will be posted at or near Mount Olive station.
All will send foraging parties into the country, being care¬
ful to have them strong and well guarded.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Ad.utant Gen>ral.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 24th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 37. )
I Brevet Brigadier General Dodge, Chief Quarter¬
master Department of North Carolina, will, with all possible
dispatch, procure from Charleston and Savannah all the railroad
rolling stock which will be required to put the Wilmington and
Goldsboro railroad in working order to the required capacity.
II ... .To facilitate General Dodge in this work, he is
authorized to make use of any ship he may deem necessary for
transporting such stock, and all commanding officers at Savan¬
nah, Charleston and Wilmington, will assist him to any degree
he may require.
III Brevet Brigadier General Easton, Chief Quar¬
termaster Military Division of the Mississippi, will furnish
General Dodge a suitable steamer to proceed at once to the
execution of his orders.
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IV Captain Justin Hodge, Assistant Quartermaster,
United States Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with
Major General H. W. Slocum, commanding left wing', and will
report to Brevet Brigadier General Dodge, Chief Quartermas¬
ter Department of North Carolina, for orders.
V To facilitate operations of refitting and reorgani¬
zation, army commanders will establish an office at Wilming¬
ton and Newbern, to be in charge of a staff officer, with
instructions to receive and dispatch couriers to and from their
commands, give the necessary directions to officers and soldiers
joining their commands, and such other instructions as may be
deemed desirable.
VI The Quartermasters at Wilmington and New-
bern will give officers assigned to duty, by virtue of this order,
all the assistance for office rooms, etc.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 25th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 38. j
I The General commanding announces that he will
be absent a few days on most important business concerning
the future.
During his absence Major General Sohofield will exercise
supreme command, and it is announced that the rank of the
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general officers, according to the rales established by the War
Department, is —
1st. Major General Schofield.
2d. Major General Howard.
3d. Major General Slocum.
II The resignation of Colonel O. L. Baedwin, 5th
Eegiment Kentucky Cavalry, is hereby accepted, to take effect
this date.
III Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, the resig¬
nation of Second Lieutenant John Corhart, Company M,
9th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Cavalry, is hereby accepted.
IV The following named officers and privates,
escaped prisoners from Confederate confinement, will proceed
to Washington, D. C., and report to the Commissary General
of Prisoners, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Private Frederick Carter, Company E, 5th Regiment
New Hampshire Volunteers, Infantry.
V Brevet Major General Kilpatrick, commanding
Third Cavalry Division, will designate some suitable officer of
the 5th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, who will, through his
directions, by virtue of this order, take command of the non-
veteran officers and enlisted men belonging to Kentucky regi¬
ments now serving in the Third Cavalry Division, who are
entitled to discharge by reason of expiration of term of service,
and proceed to Kentucky to be discharged, according to law.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary
transportation.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OB' THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 26th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 39. )
I Private J. Mack, 4th Regiment Illinois Volun¬
teers, Cavalry, on duty in the Engineer Department, Military
Division of the Mississippi, is hereby relieved from duty, and
will rejoin his regiment now serving on the Mississippi river.
For meritorious services in the Engineer Department, and
elsewhere, private Mack will, in conforming to this order, be
permitted to proceed, via his home, at Springfield, Illinois.
II Private Malvin Grigsby, Company C, 2d Regi¬
ment Wisconsin Cavalry, prisoner of war, escaped from Con¬
federate confinement, will proceed to Washington, D. C., and
report to the Commissary General of Prisoners, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Bv order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 27th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 40. )
I Captain S. H. Sturtevant, Commissary Subsist¬
ence, Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty in the Depart¬
ment of the South, and will report to Major General H. W.
Slocum, commanding left wing, for orders.
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II The following- enlisted men are hereby detailed
for service in the Mail Department of this army, and will
report to Colonel A. H. Markland, Special Superintendent of
Mails, for instructions:
Private H. C. Ladd, Company C, 66th Regiment Illinois
Veteran Volunteers, Infantry.
Private S. G. Walcott, Company E, 12th Regiment New
York Volunteers, Cavalry.
III ... .Surgeon Geo F. French, United States Volun¬
teers, is hereby ordered to accompany and supervise the
removal of the wounded of this army, to New York city,
conforming to such instructions as he may receive from Sur¬
geon Moore, Medical Director Military Division of the Mis¬
sissippi.
Upon completion of such duty as Surgeon Moore may
give, he will return and report for assignment to duty to the
Medical Director Fifteenth Army Corps.
IV In the absence of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
Baylor, Chief of Ordnance, Captain D. H. Buel, Chief of
Ordnance, Army of the Tennessee, is charged with the super¬
vision of matters in the Ordnance Department for this army,
and is authorized, in the performance of his duty, to proceed to
Newbern and Fort Monroe and return.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistdnt Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 27th, 1865.
Circular.
Colonel A. H. Markland has the full authority for the dis¬
tribution of mail matter for this army, and to the end that as
great facility may be given thereto, he will for the present
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receive mail at Newbern, and tbere distribute it in packages
for regiments, brigades, divisions and corps, and from there
forward it to Goldsboro, by messengers of the Military Mail
Department, at which point he will deliver it only to such per¬
sons as corps commanders may designate, viz: one (1) post¬
master for each corps. It will be the duty of such postmaster
to distribute his corps mail in conformity to directions from the
corps commander. Brigade, division and corps postmasters or
messengers, will not be allowed transportation, or permitted to
pass to and from Newbern, but army commanders, under exist¬
ing orders, may dispatch couriers to their general headquarters
at Newbern or Wilmington, and will receive their headquarters
mail at those points, or at Goldsboro, at their discretion. Mail
matter to be dispatched from this army, grouped about Golds¬
boro. Faisons and Mount Olive, will be delivered to Colonel
Markland, or the agent at Goldsboro.
Mail matter for citizen employees must be directed in care
of some officer, otherwise it will not be delivered.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 28th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 41. S
I Captain H. B. Whirtzel, Assistant Quartermas¬
ter Volunteers, is hereby relieved of duty in the Ffteenth Army
Corps, and assigned to the charge of Quartermaster stores at
this point, and will report at once to Colonel M. C. Garber,
Assistant Quartermaster, by telegraph, for instructions.
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II The following' named officers and enlisted men,
prisoners of war, having escaped from Confederate confinement,
will proceed to "Washington, D. C., and report to the Commis¬
sary General of Prisoners, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary
transportation.
Sergeant Jacob Baker, 72d Regiment Ohio Volunteers,
By order of Ma.tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant, Adj taut. Genet al.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 30th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 42. )
I Upon receipt of this order at regimental head¬
quarters of his regiment, Second Lieutenant Jos. A. Seadkn,
14th Regiment United States Colored Troops, will be relieved
from duty, and, by special request of Major General O. O.
Howard, commanding Army of the Tennessee, will report to
him for assignment to duty on his personal staff.
II First Lieutenant A. J. Mouse, Co —, 14th Ohio
Volunteers, Infantry, is hereby assigned to duty in the Quar¬
termaster's Department, and will at once report to Brevet
Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster, for
instructions.
III Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability,
twenty (20) days' leave of absence is hereby granted Cap-
fain Lyman Preston, Company D, 92d Regiment Illinois
Infantry, (Mounted.)
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IV First Lieutenant D. McWokkman, Regimental
Quartermaster 1st Alabama Cavalry, is hereby relieved of duty,
and will report to Lieutenant Colonel E. M. Joel, Chief Quar¬
termaster Seventeenth Corps, for assignment.
V Surgeon F. "W. Reilly, 26th Regiment Illinois
Veteran Volunteers, is hereby directed to visit the hospitals at
Savannah, Georgia, and Hilton Head, South Carolina, for the
purpose of ascertaining what soldiers therein, and belonging to
organizations in this command, are able to perform duty in the
field, to the end that the men rejoin their commands. Upon
completion of this duty, Surgeon Reilly will rejoin his com¬
mand, wherever it may be.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., March 31st, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 43. )
I Private U. H. Updegraff, Company B, 52d Ohio
Volunteers, Infantry, will report without delay to Captain S.
Bachtelle, Chief Signal Officer, for duty in the Quartermas¬
ter's Department.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant. Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., April 1st, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 44. )
I The 13th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Cavalry, is hereby transferred from the Department of North
Carolina and Army of the Ohio, to the Third Division Cavalry
Corps, and the commanding officer will report to Brevet Major
General J. Kilpatrick, for orders.
II Brevet Major General Kilpatrick, command¬
ing cavalry, will move his command, and take position in front
of the army, towards Weldon.
III Private William Brown, Company A, 119th
Regiment New York Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty
with his command, and will report to Captain L. H. Okleman,
Acting Assistant Quartermaster of the Engineer Department of
these headquarters.
IV The following enlisted men are hereby detailed
for duty in the Commissary Department, and will report to
Captain L. H. Roots, Commissary Subsistence, for instructions:
Private Charles Glamor, Company C, 92d Illinois Volun¬
teers.
Private William Hall, Company I, 150th New York
Volunteers.
Corporal Isaac N. Palmer, Company A, 150th New York
Volunteers.
V Paragraph ii, Special Field Orders, No. 44,
current series, from these headquarters, is hereby recalled.
VI Captain Thomas P. Wilson, Assistant Quar¬
termaster, is hereby relieved from duty with the Fourth Divis¬
ion, Seventeenth Army Corps, and by request of Brevet
Brigadier General L. C. Easton, will report to him for orders.
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VIL The following"is announced as the organization
of this army:
flight Wing—Army of the Tennessee, Fifteenth and Seven¬
teenth Corps, Major General O. O. Howard, commanding".
Left Wing—Army of Georgia, Fourteenth and Twentieth
Corps, Major General H. W. Slocum, commanding.
Centre—Army of Ohio, Tenth and Twenty-third Corps,
Major General J. M. Schofield, commanding.
Cavalry—Brevet Major General J. Kilpatrick, com¬
manding.
VIII Each of these commanders will exercise the
powers prescribed by law for a General commanding a sepa¬
rate department or army in the field.
IX Major General Joseph A. Mower is hereby,
subject to the approval of the President, appointed to com¬
mand the Twentieth Corps, vice Slooum, promoted to the
command of an army in the field.
X Brigadier General Charles Wolcott is hereby
transferred from the Army of the Tennessee to the Army of
Georgia, for assignment to the command of a division made
vacant.
XI Brigadier General Charles Ewing, having been
promoted, is hereby relieved from staff duty at these headquar¬
ters, and will report to Major General Howard for assignment
to duty, according to his rank.
XII Surgeon Goodman, United States Volunteers,
is hereby relieved from duty as Medical Director of the Twen¬
tieth Army Corps, and assigned as Medical Director of the
Army of Georgia, and will report to Major General H. W.
Slocum, commanding.
XIII The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the Quartermaster's Department at these
headquarters, and tvill report at once to First Lieutenant
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E. C. Howard, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, for instruc¬
tions :
Private Andrew J. McMannus, Company E, 52d Ohio
Volunteers, Infantry.
Private Andrew J. Alexander, Company E, fith Missouri
Volunteers.
XIV The 23d Battery, Xew York Volunteers, is
hereby transferred from the Department of Xortli Carolina
and Army of Ohio to the cavalry corps, and the commanding
officer will report to Brevet Major General Kilpatrick, com¬
manding Third Division, Cavalry Corps, for assignment to
duty.
XV Captain Y. V. Beebe, 10th Wisconsin Volun¬
teer Battery, is hereby charged with the duty of conducting his
command to Wisconsin, to be mustered out of service according
to law, its term of service having expired. He will turn over
to the commanding officer of the 23d Xew York Battery, all
animals and material he may require belonging to the battery,
and the guns and equipments, not otherwise disposed of, to the
Ordnance officer at Xewbern, North Carolina.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary
transportation.
XVI Brevet Major General Kilpatrick, command¬
ing Cavalry, is directed to forward the men of the 10th Wiscon¬
sin Battery, whose term of service has not expired, and who
are hereby transferred from the Cavalry Corps to the Army of
the Tennessee, to Major General O. O. Howard, commanding,
for assignment to duty with the 12th Wisconsin Battery.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., April 2d, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 45. )
I Ill order to equalize the means of transportation
in the army, the following named transfers will be made imme¬
diately :
Wagons and teams complete. Ambulances and teams complete.
From llth Army Corps 7 —
From 15th Army Corps 190 58
From 17th Army Corps.... 7 11
From 20th Army Corps 81 —
To be tranferred to the Army of the Ohio.
In making these transfers, the worst animals, wagons,
ambulances, harness, etc., will not be selected, but an average
number, as regards condition, must be transferred from each
corps.
A board of officers, to consist of Colonel Parry, 47th Ohio
Volunteers, Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Jordan, 104th
Ohio Volunteers, Infantry, and Major Francis Lackner, 26th
Wisconsin Volunteers, will assemble at the office of the Chief
Quartermaster, April 4tli, at 12 o'clock m., to inspect the pro¬
perty when selected for transfer, and report on its condition,
and whether these orders have been properly carried out.
Major General Schoeield will designate a Quartermaster
of his command to receive and account for the property so
transferred.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Ad utant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., April 3d, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 46. )
I .The resignations of the following named officers
are hereby accepted, conditional that the}' are to receive no
final payments until they have satisfied the Pay Department
that they are in no manner indebted to the United States:
Second Lieutenant Allen J. Alexander, Company B, 9th
Michigan Cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Aaron C. Lovett, Company E, 10th
Ohio Cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Jeremiah Vorhies, Company E, 92d
Illinois Mounted Infantry.
II Leave of absence for twenty (20) days is hereby
granted Chaplain John Letcher, 9th Michigan Cavalry.
III Surgeon J. M. Leete, United States Volun¬
teers, having reported in conformity with Paragraph xvii,
Special Orders No. 20, War Department, current series, is
hereby assigned as Medical Director of the Twentieth Army
Corps.
IV Sergeant William Caldwell, Company C, 22d
New York Volunteers, Cavalry, having escaped from Confed¬
erate confinement, will proceed to Washington, D. C., and
report to the Commissary General of Prisoners, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
V W. D. Clark, Lieutenant Company K, 101st
Regiment Illinois Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty in
the Subsistence Department, Military Division of the Missis¬
sippi, and will report to the commanding officer of the regiment
without delay.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., April 4th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 47. S
I Brigadier General Charles Cruet, in command
of the Provisional Division of troops belonging to the corps of
this army, having reported in person, in obedience to instruc¬
tions from Major General G. H. Thomas, will distribute those
troops, on arrival, with all possible dispatch, to their several
corps commanders, and will then return at leisure, taking his
staff,^to the Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, and
report by letter to General Thomas.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
II The following named enlisted men, prisoners of
war, having escaped from Confederate confinement, will pro¬
ceed at once to Washington, D. C., and report to the Commis¬
sary General of Prisoners, for orders.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
Private Aaron Mooney, 26th Michigan Infantry, Yols.
III Private J. J. Shieule, Company H, loth Penn¬
sylvania Cavalry, is hereby relieved from duty at these head¬
quarters, as by Special Field Orders No. , headquarters
Department of the Cumberland, series of 1864, and will report
to his commanding officer for duty, via Nashville, Tennessee.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
IV Private J. H. Fowler, Company E, 30th Regi¬
ment Illinois Volunteers, is hereby detailed for duty in the
Subsistence Department, and will report to Captain A. M.
Wilson, Commissary Subsistence, for instructions.
Y Private William Gibbons, Company B, 6th Regi¬
ment Missouri Volunteers, is hereby detailed as teamster at
ese headquarters, a nd will report for duty without delay.
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VI The resignation of First Lieutenant M. J. Bor¬
land, Company D, 10th Ohio Volunteers, Cavalry, is hereby
accepted, conditional that he receive no final payments until he
has satisfied the Pay Department that he is not indebted to the
United States.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In tiie Field, Goldseoro, N. C., April 5th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 48. j
[Confidential to Army Commanders, Corps Commanders, and
Chiefs of Staff Departments.]
The next grand objective is to place this army, with its full
equipment, north of Roanoke river, facing west, with a base
for supplies at Norfolk, and at "Wynton or Murfreesboro, on
the Chowan, and in full communication with the Army of the
Potomac about Petersburg; and also to do the enemy as much
harm as possible en route.
I To accomplish this result, the following general
plan will be followed, or modified only by written orders from
these headquarters, should events require a change.
First.—On Monday, the 10th of April, all preparations are
presumed to be complete, and the outlying detachments will be
called in, or given directions to meet the next march. All pre¬
parations will also be complete to place the railroad stock back
of "Kinston" on the one road, and below the "Northeast
Branch " on the other.
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Second.—Oil Tuesday, the 11th, the columns will draw out
ou their lines of march, say about 7 miles, and close up.
Third.—On Wednesday the march will begin in earnest,
and will be kept up at the rate, say, of about 12 miles a day, or
according' to the amount of resistance. All the columns will
dress to the left, which is the exposed flank, and commanders
will study always to find roads by which they can, if necessary,
perform a genei'al left wheel, the wagons to be escorted on to
some place of security on the direct route of march. Foraging
and other details may continue as heretofore, only more caution
and prudence should be observed, and foragers should not go
in advance of the advance guard, but look more to our right
rear for corn, bacon and meal.
II The left wing, Major General Slocum command¬
ing, will aim straight for the railroad bridge near Smithfield;
thence along up the Neuse river to the railroad bridge over
Neuse river, northeast of Raleigh (Powell's); thence to War-
renton, the general point of concentration.
The centre, Major General Schofikld commanding", will
move to Whitley's Mill, ready to support the left until it is
past Smithfield, when it will follow up, substantially, Little
River to about Rolesville, ready at all times to move to the
support of the left; after passing Tar River to move to War-
renton.
The right wing, Major General Howard commanding,
preceded by the cavalry, will move rapidly oll Pikeville and
Jfahunta, then swing across to Bulali and Folk's bridges, ready
to make junction with the other armies in case the enemy offers
battle this side of iSTeuse river about Smithfield; thence, in case
of no serious opposition on the left, will work up towards
Earpsboro, Andrews, "B" and Warrenton.
The Cavalry, General Kilpatrick commanding, leaving its
incumbrances with the right wing, will push as though straight
for Weldon until the enemy is aci-oss Tar River, and that bridge
burned; then it will deflect towards Aashville and Warrenton,
keeping up a general communication with general headquarters.
III As soon as the army starts, the Chief Quarter¬
master and Commissary will prepare a re-supply of stores at
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some point in Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, ready to be con¬
veyed to Kinston, or Wynton and Murfreesboro, according to
developments. As soon as they have satisfactory information
that the army is north of the Roanoke, they will forthwith
establish a depot at "Wynton, with a snb-depot at Murfreesboro.
Major General Sciiofield will hold, as heretofore, Wilmington,
with the bridge across Northeast Branch as an outpost, New-
hern, and Kinston as its ontpost, and will be prepared to hold
W)'11 ton and Murfreesboro as soon as the time arrives for that
move. The Navy has instructions from Admiral Porter to
co-operate, and any commanding officer is authorized to call on
the Navy for assistance and co-operation, always in writing,
setting forth the reasons, of which, of necessity, the naval com¬
mander is the judge.
IY The General-in-Chief will be with the centre,
habitually, but may, in person, shift to either flank where
his presence may be needed, leaving a staff officer to receive
reports. He requires, absolutely, a report of each army or
grand detachment, each night, whether anything material has
occurred or not.
Often the absence of an enemy is a very important fact in
military prognostication.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant Genet aI
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., April 6th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 49. )
I Sergeant "William A. Rase, Company C, 13th
Regiment Iowa Yeteran Yolunteers, will proceed, as bearer of
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dispatches, via Morehead City, N. C., to Old Point, where he
will deliver dispatches for Lieutenant General Grant, and
thence to Washington, where he will deliver dispatches to
Major General Haixeck, Chief of Staff, and to the Adjutant
General of the Army, when he will avail himself of a furlough,
which he has, and then rejoin his regiment.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transporta¬
tion to Washington, and from New York to his command, in
return.
II The General-in-Chief announces, for the informa¬
tion of this army, the following resolutions received:
"Whereas : The official announcement of the fall of Charleston,
the 'Cradle of Secession,' has been received, therefore,
" Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representa ives of
the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened : That we ten¬
der our most hearty thanks to the gallant officers and men of the
army of the illustrious Sherman, who have, under God, been the
instruments of accomplishment of so glorious an achievement.
" Be it further resolved, etc.: That in the late glorious victories
of General Sherman, we recognize the hand of God as directing the
affairs of our country, and as an evidence of the speedy return of
peace.
(Signed)
SIMEON BELDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed)
J. MADISON WELLS,
Lieutenant Governor end President of the Senate.
Approved March 3d, I860.
(Signed)
MICHAEL HAHN,
Governor.'''
III The following telegram, just received, is
announced with great pleasure and satisfaction by the Gen¬
eral-in-Chief, for the information of the army:
"From City Point, Va., April 4th, 1865.
To Major General W. T. Sherman:
On Monday morning, the second (2d), we charged and carried
the enemy's entire line south of the Appomattox, defeated and drove
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back Lee's army, and the same evening enveloped Petersburg from
the Appomattox above, to the river below. About one (1) o'clock
Monday morning, Petersburg was evacuated, and we took possession
of it at 8:15. Weitzel took possession of Richmond from his posi¬
tion north of the James. Jeff. Davis and his Cabinet, and Lee,
with most of his army, are retreating in hot haste towards Danville;
the other column is falling back on Lynchburg. "We are pursuing
vigorously, and prisoners will number from twelve thousand (12,000)
to fifteen thousand (15,000), with several hundred pieces of artillery.
Much of the tobacco and cotton in Petersburg and Richmond was
burned by the enemy. He also attempted to burn Richmond. Weit¬
zel succeeded in putting out the fires, but not until several districts
were in ruins. Everything is quiet there now, and the people receive
our army with great rejoicing.
(Signed)
T. S. BOWERS,
Assistant Adjutant General.'"
Army commanders will order a salute of (100) one hun¬
dred guns to be fired from each permanent Fort on the seaboard,
in the Department of North Carolina and Department of the
South, in honor of the event.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C., April 7th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 50. ;
I Surgeon E. J. Buck, 18th Wisconsin Volunteers,
will at once proceed to Wilmington, N. C., and ascertain, by
visiting hospitals, the condition of the sick and convalescents of
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this army, reported as being- in that place. This duty he will
perform Avith all possible dispatch, and return to his command,
making- report to Surgeon Moore, Medical Director of the
Army.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
II At the special request of Brigadier General C. C.
Wolcott, United States Volunteers, First Lieutenant W. S.
Johnston, 103d Illinois Volunteers, is hereby relieved from
duty Avith his regiment, and Avill report to General Wolcott,
for assignment as Aid-de-Camp.
III The following named enlisted men are hereby
detailed for duty in the Military Post Office department of this
army, and will report to Colonel A. H. M arkland, Superin¬
tendent Military Mails, for instructions:
Private Frank Leonard, 23d New York Battery.
" John M. Mahon, " "
Sergeant Major G. M. Taggart, 28th Iowa Infantry.
Private Wm. H. Lesure, Co. E, 23d Michigan Infantry.
" Simeon Bryant, Co. G, 128th New York Infantry.
" Wm. H. Harvey, Co. A, 22d Iowa Infantry.
" Chas. Williams, 23d Michigan Infantry.
" John Frazer, Co. A, 13th Connecticut.
IV Major General C. Sciiurz, United States Volun¬
teers, having reported for duty in accordance with Special
Orders, No. 67, Headquarters Armies of the United States, will
report to Major General H. W. .Slocum, commanding Army of
Georgia, for assignment.
The personal staff of Major General Shurz will accompany
him.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant. General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C , April 8th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, J
No. 51. )
I Leave of absence for thirty (30) days is hereby
granted Colonel Geo. E. Spencer, 1st Regiment Alabama Cav¬
alry, Volunteers, commanding' Third Brigade, Third Cavalry
Division.
II Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, for
wounds received in battle, twenty (20) days' leave of absence
is hereby granted the following named officers:
First Lieut. David C. Hill, Co. A, 10th Ohio Vols., Cav.
" Geo. W. Emrich, Co. A, 1st Alabama Cav.
III Private Cilas. F. Zimmerman, Company K,
11th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Cavalry, prisoner of war,
having escaped from Confederate confinement, will proceed to
Washington, D. C., and report to the Commissary General of
Prisoners, for orders. The Quartermaster's Department will
furnish transportation.
IV Lieutenant John McWilliams, Regimental
Quartermaster 129th Illinois Volunteers, is hereby detailed for
duty in the Quartermaster's Department, Military Division of
the Mississippi, and will report to Colonel M. C. Garber, Chief
Quartermaster, without delay.
V Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, twenty
(20) days' leave of absence is hereby granted Assistant Surgeon
T. J. Fritts, 3d Regiment Indiana Cavalry.
VI Leave of absence for thirty (30) days is hereby
granted Captain A. C. Shepherd, Commissary Subsistence,
Volunteers.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
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L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Moccasin Creek, April 10th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 52. )
I Captain Montgomery Rochester, Assistant Adju¬
tant General, Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty at head¬
quarters Military Division of the Mississippi, and assigned to the
Army of Georgia, and will report in person to Major General
II. W. Slocum, in the field, for assignment.
II In the coming campaign, and during the absence
of General Beciovith, Chief Commissary Subsistence, Lieu¬
tenant Colonel D. Reinick, Chief Commissary Subsistence,
Army of the Tennessee, will act as Chief Commissary Subsist¬
ence of the army in the field, and will be obeyed and respected
accordingly.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Smithfield, N. C., April 11th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 53. )
The movement will proceed rapidly, but also with due
caution, on Raleigh.
I General Howard, commanding Army of the Ten¬
nessee, will send one corps as rapidly as possible east of ihe
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iSTeuse to Raleigh, via Hintoil's bridge (the Neuse Mills). The
other corps will move by Pineville and the river road, prepared
to cross over, on the sound of battle, by the bridge at Pineville
or at Battle's bridge.
II General Slocum's column will be the column of
direction, and will move straight on Raleigh, and, if possible,
will use roads lying between Swift Creek and the jSTeuse, but if
compelled to use the road across Swift Creek, will not follow
it west of the road leading from Elevation to Raleigh.
III General Schofield, commanding Army of the
Ohio, will cross the Neuse at Turner's bridge and take any
road convenient, west of the one px^escribed for General Slo-
cum, and be pi*epared to pass the enemy's flank if he attempts
to hold an entrenched line, or to support General Slocum if
he needs it.
IV The cavalry, General Kilpatrick, will operate
from the left flank of the army, and will, in case the enemy
breaks or manifest disorder, pursue with vehemence.
V All the columns may safely leave their supply
trains well to the rear, and be ready to engage the enemy with
strong skirmish lines, whenever encountei*ed. Should the
enemy attack any one of the columns, it must hold him, and
all others must turn on his flank and rear.
VI If the enemy retreats through and beyond
Raleigh, he must be pursued; but a new oxxler will be pre¬
scribed from Raleigh.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Smithfield, N. C , April 12th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 54. )
The General commanding announces to the army that he
has official notice from General Grant, that General Lee sur¬
rendered to him his entire army on the 9th inst., at Appomat¬
tox Court House, Virginia.
Glory to God and to our country, and all honor to our
comrades in arms, towards whom we are marching.
A litte more labor, a little more toil on our part, the great
race is won, and our Government stands regenerated after four
long years of bloody war.
(Signed)
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 14th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, ^
No. 55. \
The next movement will be on Ashboro, to turn the posi¬
tion of the enemy at Company's Shops in rear of Haw river
bridge, and at Greensboro, and to cut off his only available line
of retreat by Salisbury and Charlotte.
I General Kilpatrick will keep up a show of pur¬
suit in the direction of Hillsboro and Graham, but be ready to
cross the Haw river on General Howard's bridge, near Pitts-
boro, and thence will operate towards Greensboro, on the right
front of the right wing.
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II The right wing, Major General Howard com¬
manding, will move out on the Chapel Hill road, and send a
light division up in the direction of Chapel Hill University, in
connection with the cavalry; but the main columns and trains
will move via Hackney's Cross-Roads and Trades' Hill, Pitts-
boro, St. Lawrence, etc., to be followed by the cavalry and
light division, as soon as the bridge is laid over Haw river.
III The Centre, Major General Schofield com¬
manding, will move via Holly Springs, Hew Hill, Haywood,
and Moffitt's Mills.
IV The left wing, Major General Slocdm command¬
ing, will move rapidly by the Aven's Ferry road, Carthage,
Caledonia, and Cox's Mills.
V All the troops will draw well out on the roads
designated during to-day and to-morrow, and on the following
day will move with all possible rapidity for Ashboro. Ho
further destruction of railroads, mills, cotton and produce will
be made without specific orders of an army commander, and
the inhabitants will be dealt with kindly, looking to an early
reconciliation. The troops will be permitted, however, to
gather forage and provisions as heretofore, only more care
should be taken not to strip the poorer classes too closely.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant U-eneral.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 17th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, j
No. 56. )
The General commanding announces with pain and sorrow,
that, on the evening of the 11th inst., at the Theatre in
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Washington City, His Excellency, the President of the United
States, Mr. Lincoln, was assassinated by one who uttered the
State motto of Virginia. At the same time the Secretary of State,
Mr. Seward, whilst suffering from a broken arm, was also
stabbed by another murderer in his own house, but still sur¬
vives, and his son was wounded, supposed fatally. It is
believed, by persons capable of judging, that other high officers
were designed to share the same fate. Thus it seems that our
enemy, despairing of meeting us in open, manly warfare, begin
to resort to the assassin's tools.
Your General does not wish you to infer that this is univer¬
sal, for he knows that the great mass of the Confederate army
would scorn to sanction such acts, but he believes it the legiti¬
mate consequence of rebellion against rightful authority.
We have met every phase which this war has assumed, and
must now be prepared for it in its last and worst shape, that of
assassins and guerrillas; but woe unto the people who seek to
expend their wild passions in such a manner, for there is but
one dread result.
By order op Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 18th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 57. )
I Major Henry Hitchcock, Assistant Adjutant
General, member of the personal staff of the General-in-Chief,
will proceed, with dispatches from him, to Washington, without
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delay, deliver them to Major General Halleck, receive answers
to the same, and return here with all possible expedition. The
Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary trans¬
portation, and furnish Major Hitchcock with all means to
facilitate him in the execution of his orders.
By order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 19th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 58. )
The General commanding1 announces to the army a suspen¬
sion of hostilities, and an agreement with General Johnston,
and other high officials, which, when formally ratified, will
make peace from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.
Until the absolute peace is arranged, a line passing through
Terrell's Mount, Chapel Hill University, Durham's Station and
West Point, on the Neuse river, will separate the two armies.
Each army commander will group his camps entirely with
a view to comfort, health and good police.
All the details of military discipline must still be main¬
tained, and the General hopes and believes that in a very few
days, it will be his good fortune to conduct you all to your
homes.
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The fame of this army for courage, industry and discipline,
is admitted all over the world! Then let each officer and man
see that it is not stained by any act of vulgarity, rowdyism or
petty crime.
The cavalry will patrol the front line. General Howard
will take charge of the district from Raleigh Tip to the cavalrv.
General Slocum, to the left of Raleigh, and General Schofield
in Raleigh, its right and rear.
Quartermasters and Commissai'ies will keep their supplies
up to a light load for their wagons, and the Railroad Superin¬
tendent will arrange a depot for the convenience of each
separate army.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigii, N. C., April 19th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, ~i
No. 59. )
I Upon account of Surgeon's certificate of disability,
leave of absence for twenty (20) days is hereby granted Cap¬
tain H. M. Rice, Company H, 9th Michigan Cavalry.
II Second Lieutenant Henry P. Johnston, United
States Signal Corps, is hereby relieved from duty with the
Twenty-third Army Corps, and is transferred from the Depart¬
ment of North Carolina and Army of Ohio, to the Army of the
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Tennessee, and will report by letter to Major General O. O.
Howard commanding-, and in person, to Major General W. B.
Hazen, commanding- Second Division, Fifteenth Corps, for
assignment to duty.
Ill Private William Brown, Company A, 119th
Regiment New York Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty
in the Engineer Department at these headquarters, and will,
without delay, report to the commanding officer of his regiment.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General,
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 22d, 1865.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 60. j
Upon Surgeon's certificate of disability, for wounds
received in battle, twenty (20) days' leave of absence is
hereby granted Assistant Surgeon James Moore, 9th Regi¬
ment Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 2.3d, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 61. )
I Brigadier General Charles J. Stalbrand, hav¬
ing reported at these headquarters, pursuant to Paragraph
xxvi, Special Orders, No. 152, current series, War Depart¬
ment, will report in person to Major General O. O. Howard,
commanding Army of the Tennessee, for assignment.
II Leave of absence for thirty (30) days is hereby
granted Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Jones, 8th Regiment Indiana
Cavalry.
III First Lieutenant B. F. Brazer, 1! 2th Regiment
New York Yolunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with that
regiment, and will report to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel T. G.
Baylor, Chief of Ordnance, Militaiy Division of the Missis¬
sippi, for assignment in the Ordnance Department.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 24th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 62. )
The suspension of hostilities proclaimed in Special Field
Orders No. 58, will terminate at 12 o'clock m. on Wednesday,
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the 26th inst., and hostilities will be resumed. The movement
against the enemy will be made according to the plan laid down
in Special Field Orders No. 55, of date April 14th, 1865.
By order or Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 25th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 63.
I Second Lieutenant H. P. Webb, 111th United
States Colored Troops, is hereby relieved from duty in the
Ordnance Department, Military Division of the Mississippi, and
will proceed to join his regiment in Tennessee, reporting at the
headquarters Department of the Cumberland, with the least
practicable delay.
II Brevet Major General J. E. Smith is hereby
relieved from duty with the Army of the Tennessee, and will
report in person to Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, command¬
ing armies of the United States.
III Lieutenant Colonel A. J. McNett, 141st Regi¬
ment New York Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty in
the Provisional Division, commanded by Brigadier General
Henry Prince, United States Volunteers, and will, without
delay, join his regiment for duty.
By order oe Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 26th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 64. )
I By direction of the Lieutenant General, the fol¬
lowing officers are hereby relieved from duty in the Army of
the Tennessee, and will report to Brevet Major General J. E.
Smith, United States Volunteers, for orders:
Captain S. M. Budlong, Co. G, 45th Illinois Vols.
" Jno. E. Simpson, 59th Indiana Vols.
" Henry Skinner, Ass't Quartermaster, U. S. Vols.
II The following named officers are hereby relieved
from duty as at present assigned, and will report in person to
Colonel M. C. Garber, Chief Quartermaster army in the field,
Military Division of the Mississippi, for orders:
Captain A. S. Flagg, Ass't Quartermaster, U. S. Vols.
" F. C. Butze, " " "
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 27th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 65. )
The General commanding announces a further suspension
of hostilities, and a final agreement with General Johnston,
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which terminates the war as to the armies under his command,
and the country east of the Chattahoochee.
Copies of the terms of the convention will be furnished
Major Generals Schofield, Gillmore and Wilson, who are
specially charged with the execution of its details in the
Department of North Carolina, Department of the South, and
at Macon and Western Georgia.
Captain Myers, Ordnance Department, U. S. A., is hereby
designated to receive the arms, etc., at Greensboro, and any
commanding officer of a post may receive the arms of any
detachment, and see that they are properly stored and
accounted for.
General Schofield will procure at once the necessary
blanks and supply the other army commanders, that uniformity
may prevail; and great care must be taken that all the terms
and stipulations on our parts be fulfilled with the most scrupu¬
lous fidelity, whilst those imposed on our hitherto enemies be
received iu a spirit becoming a brave and generous army.
Army commanders may at once loan to the inhabitants
such of the captured mules, horses, wagons and vehicles, as
can be spared from immediate use, and the commanding Gen¬
erals of armies may issue provisions, animals, or any public
supplies that can be spared, to relieve present wants, and to
encourage the inhabitants to renew their peaceful pursuits, and
to restore the relations of friendship among our fellow-citizens
and countrymen.
Foraging will forthwith cease ; and when necessity or long
marches compel the taking of forage, provisions, or any kind
of private property, compensation will be made on the spot, or,
when the disbursing officers are not provided with funds,
vouchers will be given in proper form, payable at the nearest
military depot.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Is the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 27th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 66. ;
Hostilities having ceased, the following changes and dis¬
positions of troops in the field will be made with as little delay
as practicable:
I The Tenth and Twenty-third Corps will remain
in the Department of North Carolina, and Major General J. M.
Sciiofield will transfer back to Major General Gillmore,
commanding Department of the South, the two brigades for¬
merly belonging to the Division of Brevet Major General Gro-
ver, at Savannah.
The Third Division Cavalry Corps, Brevet Major General
Kilpatrick commanding, is hereby transferred to the Depart¬
ment of North Carolina, and General Iyilpatrick will report
in person to Major General Schofield, for orders.
II The cavalry command of Major General Geo.
Stoneman will return to East Tennessee, and that of Brevet
Major General J. II. Wilson will be conducted back to the
Tennessee river, in the neighborhood of Decatur, Alabama.
III Major General Howard will conduct the Army
of the Tennessee to Richmond, Virginia, following roads sub¬
stantially by Louisburg, Warrenton, Lawrenceville and Peters¬
burg, or to the right of that line. Major General Slocum will
conduct the Army of Georgia to Richmond, by roads to the
left of the one indicated for General Howard, viz: by Oxford,
Boydtown and Nottoway Court House.
These armies will turn in at this point the contents of their
ordnance trains, and use the wagons for extra forage and pro¬
visions. These columns will be conducted slowly and in the
best of order, and will aim to be at Richmond, ready to resume
the march, by the middle of May.
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IY The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of
the Military Division, Generals Easton and Beckwith, after
making1 the proper disposition of their Departments here, will
proceed to Richmond and make suitable preparation to receive
these columns, and to provide them for their further journey.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 27th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 67. )
I Major General Care Schurz having reported at
these headquarters, by orders from Major General Slocum
relieving him from duty with the Army of Georgia, will report
in person to Lieutenant General Grant, for orders. He will
take his personal staff with bim.
II It being represented that a number of men,
about one thousand, convalescents, recruits, etc., debris of this
army, and a number not belonging to this command, are in the
Department of North Carolina without any record, Major Gen¬
eral Schoeieli), commanding Department of North Carolina,
will take charge of them, turning over to the Quartermaster's
Department such as are fit for laboring, and such as are fit for
fatigue service will be sent to Alexandria, subject to the orders
of the War Department.
The Chief Quartermaster will forward all men, reported to
him under these instructions, to Alexandria at his convenience,
and without unnecessary cost to the Government for transpor¬
tation.
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III Brigadier General Henry Prince, United States
Volunteers, having- completed the distribution of recruits, con¬
valescents, etc., belonging to this army, with which he was
charged, is hereby relieved from duty in this Military Division,
and will report to the Adjutant General of the army.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transpor¬
tation.
IV First Lieutenant D. Snerling, Company I, 1st
Alabama Cavalry, commanding detachment of that regiment,
011 duty at these headquarters as couriers, is, with the detach¬
ment, relieved, and will join his command without delay.
Lieutenant Sneering having reported this detachment to the
commanding officer of their regiment, will avail himself of a
leave of absence of thirty (30) days, at the expiration of which
he will rejoin his regiment, wherever it may be.
In relieving this detachment, the General-in-Chief desires
to thank Lieutenant Sneleing, and the men under his charge,
for the faithful manner in which they have ever performed any
duty called for.
The promptness with which all dispatches have been
delivered by them, during two long campaigns, is due to their
zeal, fidelity and intelligence.
V Sergeant A. N. Clark, Company K, 99th Regi¬
ment Indiana Infantry, Volunteers, is hereby detailed in the
Assistant Adjutant General's Department, at these headquar¬
ters, and will report for duty to Major L. M. Dayton.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 28th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 68.
I The general headquarters of this Military Division
will be removed from Newbern, and established at Alexandria,
Virginia. All current business will be addressed accordingly.
II The following officers, on duty at field head¬
quarters, will proceed to join general headquarters, via New¬
born, aiming to reach there on or before June 1st, 1865:
Brevet Major General TVm. F. Barry and Staff.
Captain John E. Marshall, Assistant Adjutant General.
Lieutenant Abe Verflank, Aid-de-Camp.
Brevet Colonel O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel T. G. Baylor, Chief of Ord¬
nance.
Major H. Hitchcock, Assistant Adjutant General.
Brevet Major Geo. \V. Nichols, Assistant Aid-de-Camp.
Captain Samuel Bachtell, Signal Officer.
Surgeon John Moore, Medical Director.
III Private S. C. Noble, Company K, lfth Regi¬
ment Michigan Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty as
clerk in the Assistant Adjutant General's office at these head¬
quarters, and will report without delay to the commanding
officer of his regiment.
IV Leave of absence for thirty (30) days is hereby
granted Colonel J. B. Yates, 1st Regiment Michigan Engineers
and Mechanics.
V Captain C. F. Gardner, Assistant Adjutant
General Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty in this Mili¬
tary Division, and will report in person to Brigadier General
Henry Prince, United States Volunteers, for orders.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Manchester, Va., May 10th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 69. )
The march of the army northward will be resumed as
follows :
I The left wing, Major General H. W. Slocum, will
cross the James river on the pontoon bridges, and pass through
Richmond to Hanover Court House, and thence by roads
through or to the left of Chilsbury, Warrenton Junction, Cen-
treville and Fairfax Court House, to a camp near Alexandria,
Virginia.
II .The right wing, Major General O. O. Howard,
will follow at leisure, passing through Richmond to Hanover
Court House, and thence, by l'oads to the east of those pre¬
scribed for the left wing, substantially by Bowling Green,
Fredericksburg, Stafford Court House and Dumfries, to a camp
near Alexandria.
III The Chief Quartermaster, General Easton, and
Chief Commissary, General Beckwith, will, on completing
supplies at this point, hasten to Alexandria and make suitable
preparations for the reception of this army on its arrival there;
and the commanding General of each army will send a staff
officer to Alexandria in advance, to select suitable camps for
their armies; the right wing within four miles of the town and
to the south of the Manassas road, and the left wing about the
same distance from town and to the north of this road.
IV The General-in-Chief will accompany the left
wing as far as Hanover Court Flouse, and thence travel with
the right wing. The troops must be marched slowly, not to
exceed fifteen miles a day, unless specially ordered by a corps
commander.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Manchester, Va., May 11th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, )
No. 70. )
I Private Martin Ward, 7th Company Ohio Inde¬
pendent Sharpshooters, will proceed to Washington, D. C., in
company with Major General O. O. Howard, United States
Volunteers, as bearer of dispatches to the Adjutant General of
the Army, and also to receive receipts for dispatches taken to
the Chief of Staff by General Howard. Upon obtaining' the
receipts he will proceed to Alexandria, Virginia, and report to
the general headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi,
and await the arrival of these headquarters at that place.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary
transportation.
Br order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
SEAl) QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Alexandria, Va., May 20th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 71. )
I To make the review ordered for this army in the
city of Washington on Wednesday, May 24tli, the two wings,
without knapsacks and with two days' cooked rations in haver¬
sacks, will, during Tuesday, close well up on the Long bridge,
the right wing in advance. On Wednesday, at break of day,
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the troops will move out of bivouac by the right flank, and
march till the head of column is closed up to the Capitol ground,
and then mass as close as possible east of the canal, ready to
march, according to Special Orders No. 239, Adjutant General's
office, May 18th, by close columns of companies, right in front,
guide left, by the route prescribed. When the companies fall
below fifteen files, the battalions will form column by division.
At nine a. m. precisely, a signal gun will be fired by the lead¬
ing battery, when the head of column will march around the
Capitol, down Pennsylvania avenue, and past the reviewing
stand in front of the President's House, and thence to the new
camps or to a bivouac, according to the pleasure of the army
commanders. All colors will be unfurled from the Capitol to a
point beyond the President's reviewing stand. The General-
in-Chief will ride at the head of column, and take post near the
reviewing officer. The commanders of each army, corps and
division, attended by one staff officer, will dismount after pass¬
ing the General-in-Chief, and join him whilst his army, corps,
or division is passing, when he will remount and join his com¬
mand. Officers commanding regiments and above, will present
swords on passing the reviewing officer, but company officers
will make no salute.
Brigade bands and consolidated field mnsic will turn out,
and play as the brigade passes the reviewing officer, but will
be careful to cease playing in time for the music of the succeed¬
ing band to be heard. One band per division may play during
the march from the Capitol to the Treasury building. The
colors of each battalion will salute by drooping in passing the
stand, and the field music will make the three ruffles without
interrupting the " march " of the band. Should intervals occur
in the column, care will be taken that divisions pass the review¬
ing stand compactly, and if the passage of the bridge draw cut
the column, the march will continue with as little interruption
as possible, at full distance. Army commanders will make
all subordinate arrangements as to guides, etc.
II Army commanders may at once select new camps
east of the Potomac, the i-ight wing above Washington, left
lying below; and make arrangements with the Quartermaster's
Department to collect fuel, forage, etc., in advance, at their
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new camps, and may march thereto direct from the review, by
routes that will not interrupt the progress of the columns
behind. The wagon trains, with camp equipage and knap¬
sacks, can follow the day after the review.
Ill Mustering officers will see at once to the prepa¬
ration of rolls for pay and discharge of the organizations, and
men that are to be discharged under existing orders of the War
Department; but no discharges will be made out till after the
review.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Eield, Alexandria, Va., May 21st, 1865.
Special Eield (Jrders, )
No. 72. )
I Leave of absence is hereby granted Captain L. H.
Orleman, 119th New York Volunteers, Infantry, for thirty
(30) days.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adju'ant Genet at.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Washington, D. C., May 25th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,
No. 73.
I The following" named enlisted men are hereby
relieved from duty at these headquarters, and will report,
without delay, to the commanding officers of their respective
regiments:
Pinckney Heath, private Company A, 36th Indiana Vol¬
unteers, Infantry.
Jerome Wendell, private Company A, 36th Indiana Vol¬
unteers, Infantry.
Adam C. Martin, private Company Ii, 57th Ohio Volun¬
teers, Infantry.
J. A. Belden, Bugler, Company E, 105tli Illinois Volun¬
teers, Infantry.
II Isaac Schloss, Company I, 7th Pennsylvania
Veteran Volunteers, Cavalry, having been detailed by head¬
quarters Department of the Cumberland, for duty in the tele¬
graph department, is hereby relieved from such duty, and
will report, without delay, to the commanding officer of his
regiment.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OE THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Washington, D. C., May 29th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, I
No. 74. J
I Private R. B. Gladmer, Company G, 30th Illi¬
nois Veteran Volunteers, will report for duty to Captain L. M.
Todd, Commissary Subsistence.
II Leave of absence is hereby granted Captain
G. B. Cadwallader for twenty days.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Washington, D. C., May 30th, 1865.
Special Field Orders,!
No. 75. J
I The following named enlisted men are hereby
relieved from duty at these headquarters, and will report,
without delay, to the commanding officers of their respective
regiments:
Private
Joseph Ryan,
Co. D, 116th Ills. Vols., Inf.
a
William Towers,
Co. D,
a
William Gibbons,
Co. B, 6th Mo. Vet. "
u
John D. Burch,
a a
a
A. J. Alexander,
Co. E,
a
John Potter,
Co. E, 17th Wis. "
a
Leonard J. Gofe,
Co. C 116th Ills. "
a
A. J. McMannus,
Co. E, 52d Ohio Vet. "
Serg't
A. U. C. Clarke,
Co. II, 99th Ind. " "
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II Leave of absence is hereby granted the following
officers for thirty (30) days, to pass beyond the limits of this
command:
Lieutenant John McWilliams, Regimental Quartermaster
127th Illinois Volunteers, Infantry.
Second Lieutenant James Cox, 7th Company Ohio Sharp¬
shooters.
At the expiration of their leaves, they will join their
respective commands.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Washington, D. C., May 30th, 1865.
Special Field Orders, i
No. 76. ;
The General commanding announces to the Armies of the
Tennessee and Georgia, that the time has come for us to part.
Our work is done, and armed enemies no longer defy us. Some
of you will go to your homes, and others will be retained in
military service till further orders.
And now that we are about to separate, to mingle with the
civil world, it becomes a pleasing duty to recall to mind the
situation of National affairs, when but a little more than a year
ago we were gathered about the towering cliffs of Lookout
Mountain, and all the future was wrapped in doubt and
uncertainty.
Three armies had come together from distant fields, with
separate histories, yet bound by our common cause—the union
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of our country, and the perpetuation of the Government of our
inheritance. There is no need to recall to your memories Tun¬
nel Hill, with Rocky Face Mountain; and Buzzard Roost Gap,
with the ugly Forts of Dalton behind. We were in earnest,
and paused not for danger and difficulty, but dashed through
Snake Creek Gap and fell on Resacca; then on to the Etowah,
to Dallas, Kenesaw, and the heats of summer found us on the
banks of the Chattahoochee, far from home, and dependent on
a single road for supplies. Again we were not to be held back
by any obstacle, and crossed over and fought four hard battles
for the possession of the citadel of Atlanta. That was the crisis
of our history. A doubt still clouded our future, but we solved
the problem and destroyed Atlanta; struck boldly across the
State of Georgia, severed all the main arteries of life to our
enemy, and Christmas found us at Savannah.
Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we
again began a march which, for peril, labor and results, will
compare with any ever made by an organized army. The
floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and
Edisto, the "high hills" and rocks of the Santee, the flat quag¬
mires of the Pedee and Cape Fear Rivers, were all passed in
mid-winter, with its floods and rains, in the face of an accumu¬
lating enemy; and, after the battles of Averasboro and Benton-
ville, we once more came out of the wilderness to meet our
friends at Goldsboro. Even then we paused only long enough
to get new clothing, to reload our wagons, and again pushed
on to Raleigh and beyond, until we met our enemy sueing for
peace instead of war, and offering to submit to the injured laws
of his and our country. As long as that enemy was defiant,
nor mountains, nor rivers, nor swamps, nor hunger, nor cold,
had checked us; but when he, who had fought us hard and per¬
sistently, offered submission, your General thought it wrong to
pursue him further, and negotiations followed, which resulted,
you all know, in the surrender.
How far the operations of this army contributed to the
final overthrow of the Confederacy, and the peace which
now dawns upon us, must be judged by others, not by us; but
that you have done all that men could do, has been admitted by
those in authority, and we have a right to join in the universal
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joy that fills our laud because the war is over, and our Govern¬
ment stands vindicated before the world, by the joint action of
the Volunteer Armies of the United States.
To such as remain in the service, your General need
only remind you that success in the past was due to hard work
and discipline, and that the same work and discipline arc
equally important in the future. To such as go home, he will
only say, that our favored country is so grand, so extensive, so
diversified in climate, soil and productions, that every man may
find a home and occupation suited to his taste; and none should
yield to tiie natural impatience sure to result from our past life
of excitement and adventure. You will be invited to seek new
adventures abroad: do not yield to the temptation, for it would
lead only to death and disappointment.
Your General now bids you farewell, with the full belief
that, as in war you have been good soldiers, so in peace you
will make good citizens; and if, unfortunately, new war should
arise in our country, "Sherman's Army" will be the first to
buckle on its old armor and come forth to defend and maintain
the Government of our inheritance.
By order of Ma.tor General W. T. Sherman :
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.