Order
E. D. Townsend, April 15, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE,
April 15, 1863.
No. 96. Washington, D. C., April 15, 1863. By direction of the President, the following assignments are made or
army corps commanders : First Corps, Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds; Second Corps, Maj. Gen,
212 N. V. A., W. V. A., M. D., AND P. A. {[Cuap, XXXVIL
D. N. Couch; Third Corps, Maj. Gen. D. E. Sickles; Fifth Corps, Maj.
enth Corps, Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard; Twelfth Corps, Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum; Cavalry Corps, Maj. Gen. George Stoneman.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
KELLY's Forv, V. A.,
April 15, 1863—8 a, m.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
KELLY's Forv, V. A.,
April 15, 1863—8 a, m.
Major-General HOWARD,
Commanding Eleventh Corps:
Soon after sending you my second dispatch * of yesterday, the cavalry
and battery under General Buford left this place. No firing has occurred since that time. Only two signal lights of the enemy were observed during the night.
Commanding Eleventh Corps:
Soon after sending you my second dispatch * of yesterday, the cavalry
and battery under General Buford left this place. No firing has occurred since that time. Only two signal lights of the enemy were observed during the night.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: E. D. Townsend announces Civil War army corps commanders' assignments and reports no recent enemy engagement near Kelly's Ford in April 1863.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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