Order
Jno. Withers, June 25, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) ADJT. AND [NSPECTOR-GENERALâS (/FFIOE,
June 25, 1862.
No. 146. a Richmond, Va., June 25, 1862. *
XVI. Paragraphs II and III, General Orders, No. 39, current series, are so modified that Department No. 2 shall now embrace that portion of its former limits which is east of the Mississippi River, and in addition thereto shall comprise Department No.1, and have its eastern boundary extended to the line of railroad from Chattanooga via Atlanta to West Point, on the Chattahoochee River, and thence down the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.*
By command of the Secretary of War:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: Jno. Withers issues Special Orders No. 146 modifying Department No. 2 boundaries to include areas east of the Mississippi and extending its eastern boundary to the Gulf of Mexico via key railroads and rivers.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1
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