Order

Alfred Pleasonton to A. J. Alexander, June 11, 1863

GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,

The following arrangement of the Cavalry Corps will take effect as soon ag practicable :

I. The First Division will be composed of the cavalry now belonging to Pleasonton’s division and Buford’s reserve brigade, and will be formed into three brigades,-to be named the First, Second, and

I. I. The Second Division will consist of the cavalry of the present Second and Third Divisions, to be formed into three brigades, to be named First, Second, and Third. This division will be commanded by Brig. Gen. D. McM. Gregg.

ITI. Tiss ea commanders will form their brigades as soon as possible, and report the regiments and companies belonging to each to these headquarters, without delay.

I. V. The Horse Artillery Brigade will furnish the batteries to each division, to be under the orders of the division commanders until further orders.

By command of Brigadier-General Pleasonton :

A. J. ALEXANDER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
WasuIneTon, D. C.,
June 11, 1863.
Major-General STAHEL,
Commanding, &c.; Fairfax Court-House, Va.:
The rebel cavalry crossed the Potomac into Maryland this morning at daylight, at Muddy Branch, 3 miles below Seneca. About
200 of his cavalry drove in our pickets. Whether he had more is not
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Brigadier-General Pleasonton orders the reorganization of the Cavalry Corps into three divisions with designated brigades and commanders, and reports Confederate cavalry crossing into Maryland.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 1 View original source ↗