Jno. Withers to S. Cooper, November 24, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERALâS OFFICE,
November 24, 1862.
No. 275. ‘ Richmond, November 24, 1862. * * * * * * * III. General J. E. Johnston, C. 8. Army, is hereby assigned to the following geographical command, to wit: Commencing with the Blue
Ridge range of mountains running through the western part of North Carolina, and following the line of said mountains through the northern part of Georgia to the railroad south from Chattanooga ; thence by that road to West Point, and down the west or right bank of the Chattahoochee River to the boundary of Alabama and Florida; following that boundary west to the Choctawhatchee River, and down that river to Choctawhatchee Bay (including the waters of that bay) to the Gulf of Mexico.
All that portion of country west of said line to the Mississippi River is included in the above command.
General Johnston will, for the purpose of correspondence and reports, astablish his headquarters at Chattanooga, or such other place as in his judgment will best secure facilities for ready communication with the
By command of the Secretary of War:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
RICHMOND, VA., November 24, 1862.
General S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General :
Sir: I had the honor this afternoon to receive Special Orders, No.
275, of this date.
lf I have been correctly informed the forces which it places under my