Letter
George Crook to Stevenson, March 20, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
March 20, 1865.
March 20, 1865. General STEVENSON: The One hundred and ninety-fourth Ohio, Colonel McCook, passed through Cumberland at 9 a. m. to-day. Please order the regiment to Charlestown to report to Brevet Major-General Egan. General Hancock will be down on a special just after the mail, but will return at once. C. H. MORGAN, Brevet Brigadier-General. GENERAL ORDERS, Hpqgrs. DEPT. OF WEST Virginia, No. 41. Cumberland, Md., March 20, 1865. In obedience to orders from the general-in-chief the undersigned assumes command of the Department of West Virginia.
GEORGE CROOK,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: George Crook assumes command of the Department of West Virginia and directs the 194th Ohio regiment to report to Brevet Major-General Egan in Charlestown.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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