J. H. Hammond, November 8, 1862

SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS,
November 8, 1862.

No. 311. Memphis, November 8, 1862.

A detachment of men, to be composed as follows: Seventy-second Ohio, Colonel Buckland ; Sixth Iowa, Sixth Missouri, six companies Thirty-second Wisconsin, Thielemann’s cavalry, and Bouton’s battery, allunder the command of Colonel Buckland, will rendezvous at the camp of the Fifty-fourth Ohio, on the Hernando road, at 9 a. m. precisely, of Monday the 10th instant, for special service. All will be provided with 60 rounds of ammunition, five days’ rations and forage, one wagon and one ambulance for each regiment, squadron, and battery.

Colonel Buckland will receive special instructions, and brigadiers will see that the detachments from their commands are well equipped in all respects for rapid marching.

By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman:

Assistant Adjutant-General.