BRIGADIER GENERAL J

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First Division United States Colored Troops
organized at
Vicksburg, Mississippi

BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN. P. HAWKINS

Commander

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 106.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE,
Milliken's Bend, La., April 16, 1863.

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XI. Brig. Gen. J.P. Hawkins is hereby assigned to the command and organization of all troops of African descent in this department.

By order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant:

JNO. A. RAWLINS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

Orders, Circulars, Reports and Letters

SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 143. MAJOR GENERAL U. S. GRANT - HEADQUARTERS. DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, In Field, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 28, 1863.
REPORT - C. A. DANA - NEAR VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, June 22, 1863--9 a.m.
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 225. MAJOR GENERAL U. S. GRANT - HEADQUARTRS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Vicksburg, Mississippi, August 18, 1863.
LETTER - MAJOR GENERAL U. S. GRANT - HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,
Vicksburg, Miss., October 2, 1863.
LETTER - MAJOR GENERAL JAS B. McPHERSON - HEADQUARTERS SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Vicksburg, Miss., November 10, 1863.
LETTER - MAJOR GENERAL JAS B. McPHERSON - HEADQUARTERS SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Vicksburg, Miss., November 17, 1863.
LETTER - MAJOR GENERAL JAS B. McPHERSON - HEADQUARTERS SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Vicksburg, Miss., December 31, 1863.
LETTER - ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL W. H. F. RANDALL - HEADQUARTERS OF THE POST AND DEFENSES, Vicksburg, Miss., February 14, 1864.
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 10. BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., March 16, 1864.
ORDERS - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., March 25, 1864.
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 91 - MAJOR GENERAL JAS B. McPHERSON - HEADQUARTERS SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Vicksburg, Miss., April 4, 1864.
REPORT - MAJOR GENERAL JAS B. McPHERSON - HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, Huntsville, Ala., April 11, 1864.

ORDERS - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., May 9, 1864.
ORDERS - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., May 9, 1864.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 43 - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1st DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., May 29, 1864.
LETTER - ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL H. C. RODGERS - HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF VICKSBURG,
June 22, 1864.
ORDERS - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., July 2, 1864.
ORDERS - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., July 9, 1864.
ORDERS - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., July 9, 1864.
ORDERS - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., September 24, 1864.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 11 - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., February 6, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 34. - MAJOR GENERAL C. C. WASHBURN - HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF VICKSBURG, Vicksburg, Miss., February 7, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 12. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., February 7, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 13. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Vicksburg, Miss., February 8, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 21. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Algiers, Louisiana, Miss., February 8, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 24. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Half-Way House, Louisiana, February 25, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 57. - MAJOR GENERAL E. R. S. CANBY - HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, La., February 26, 1865.
CIRCULAR No. 12. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Barrancas, Fla., March 18, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 3. - BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM A. PILE - HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Barrancas, Fla., March 18, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 18. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Before Blakely, Alabama, April 3, 1865.
CIRCULAR No. 16. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Before Blakely, Alabama, April 9, 1865.
REPORT - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Blakely, Alabama, April 9, 1865.
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REPORT - MAJOR GENERAL F. STEELE - HEADQUARTERS U.S. FORCES OPERATING FROM PENSACOLA BAY, Camp near Blakely, Alabama, April 12, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 19. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Near Blakely, Alabama, April 14, 1865.
REPORT - SURGEON P. A. WILLIS (48th Ohio, Chief Medical Officer, General Steele's Army) - HEADQUARTERS. U.S. FORCES OPERATING FROM PENSACOLA BAY, OFFICE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, Blakely, Ala., April 15, 1865.
REPORT - MAJOR GENERAL F. STEELE - HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES EAST OF MOBILE BAY, Blakely, Ala., April 17, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 50. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Selma, Alabama, April 28, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 55. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Montgomery, Alabama, May 8, 1865.
LETTER - CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL JOHN F. LACEY - HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES IN NORTHERN ALABAMA, Montgomery, Alabama, May 9, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 58. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Near Mobile, Alabama, May 19, 1865.
LETTER - MAJOR GENERAL G. GRANGER - HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Mobile, Ala., May 26, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 74. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Near Mobile, Alabama, June 10, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 76. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Greenville, Louisiana., June 16, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 160. - MAJOR GENERAL E. R. S. CANBY - HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 16, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 91. - BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. HAWKINS - HEADQUARTERS. 1ST DIVISION, U.S. COLORED TROOPS, Pineville, Louisiana., July 15, 1865.
ORDERS - MAJOR GENERAL E. R. S. CANBY - HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS,
New Orleans, Louisiana, July 20, 1865.

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