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SPECIAL ORDERS No. 45.
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL CORPS,
Northeast Station, N. C., February
28, 1865.
I. In accordance with
the suggestion of Major-General Schofield, commanding the department,
corps headquarters will be temporarily established at Wilmington, and all
official papers from the command will be forwarded thither. Division
commanders are authorized to grant passes to cross our lines or to go to
Wilmington. In the event of any military movement, Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. Ames
will assume command of the troops at the front until the arrival of the
major-general commanding. The corps officer of the day will be furnished
this day from General Ames' command, to-morrow and the day following from
General Paine's command, and again in the same succession until further
orders, the detail being made
from officers above the rank of major, not including brigade commanders.
The old and new officers of the day will meet daily at 3 p.m. at
headquarters Second Division, Twenty-fourth Army Corps, for the purpose of
exchanging instructions, and will communicate immediately to division
commanders all matters of importance occurring during their tour of duty.
They will forward, through their division commanders, a written report to
these headquarters. Until further orders the Sixteenth New York Light
Battery will report to Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. Ames, commanding Second Division,
Twenty-fourth Army Corps, and Light Company E, Third U.S. Artillery, to
Brig. Gen. Charles J. Paine, commanding Third Division, Twenty-fifth Army
Corps.
By order of Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry:
A. TERRY,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
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