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SPECIAL ORDERS No. 77
HDQRS. DEPT. OF NORTH CAROLINA,
ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Raleigh, N. C., June 1,
1865.
I. The
following changes in the stations of troops will be made without
unnecessary delay. Brevet Major-General Paine will send one brigade of his
division to Wilmington, to report for duty to Brigadier-General Hawley.
General Hawley will send one regiment of his present command to occupy
Goldsborough, and will encamp the other regiments near the mouth of Cape
Fear River. Brevet Major-General Paine, with two brigades of his division,
will relieve all troops now serving in the District of Beaufort, except
the colored troops. The Fourteenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery is hereby
assigned to General Paine's division. General Palmer will encamp his
troops, as they are relieved, at some point near New Berne, prepared for
the muster out of such as are ordered to be mustered out of service, and
place the remainder in a complete state of organization and efficiency, as
speedily as possible. All officers on detached service in the District of
Beaufort, except such as may have been assigned from department
headquarters, will be relieved by officers from
General Paine's division, and will join their regiments. Brevet
Major-General Paine will relieve Brigadier-General Palmer in command of
the District of Beaufort.
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By command of Major-General Schofield:
J. A. CAMPBELL,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
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