Order
Jno. Withers to John S. Preston, January 7, 1864
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE,
January 7, 1864.
No. 5. J January 7, 1864. X. V. Paragraph XVIII, Special Orders, No. 298, and paragraph XVIII, Special Orders, No. 300, Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, December 1 [16 and 18], 1863, are amended so as to retain temporarily on duty in the conscript service the officers and men hitherto under the orders of Brigadier-General Pillow in the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi who have not already been relieved.* They will receive orders from Col. John 8. Preston, chief of Bureau of Conscription. XVI. Brigadier-General Pillow is allowed such time as may be necessary to adjust the unsettled matters pertaining to his late duties before reporting to the general commanding the Army of Tennessee. * * * * * * *
JNO. WITHERS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Summary: Jno. Withers directs retention of officers and men under Brigadier-General Pillow in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi for conscript service under Col. John S. Preston's orders, pending Pillow's duty adjustment.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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