Order

Brig. Gen to Adrian Terry, August 2, 1863

SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES,

No. 41. Morris Island, S. C., August 2, 1863.

In accordance with instructions received from Colonel Turner, chief of artillery, the following changes are ordered in the artillery detachments of this command: Lieutenant Sellmer, with 20 men from the Eleventh Maine Volunteers, now on cut at Battery Weed, will relieve Lieutenant Barker, Company D, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, in command of the two sea-coast mortars. _Lieutenant Barker, upon being relieved, will report, with the detachment of Company D under his command, to his company commander for duty. Lieutenant Read, Company B, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, will also report to his company for duty.

Captain Wiley, Company, EK, One hundred and seventy-eighth [Enfans Perdus] New York Volunteers, will detail 20 men of his command to report to Captain Comstock, Company M, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, commanding Battery Weed, to take the place of the detachment of the Eleventh Maine Volunteers relieved.

By order of Brig. Gen, A. HL Terry:

ADRIAN TERRY,
Captain, and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Summary: Brigadier General orders reassignments of artillery detachments on Morris Island, including relief of Lieutenant Barker by Lieutenant Sellmer and redeployment of troops among Maine, Rhode Island, and New York units.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 28, Part 1 View original source ↗