Joseph Hooker to Jos. Dickinson, February 6, 1863
No. 8. } Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 6, 1863.
All orders for exemption from further levies of forage for the use of this army, issued previous to this date, are hereby revoked and will be taken up.
A ete of this order will be furnished to all parties having such orders.
Safeguards for persons and all property not needed to maintain troops will be religiously regarded.
Levies will not be made of any other articles than forage and fresh beef, and in no case to be made except in accordance with the provisions of General Orders, No. 154, Army of the Potomac, August 9, 1862. Plundering and pillage will under no circumstances be permitted. Officers will be held responsible for the prevention thereof in their respective commands. f
The allowance of forage and subsistence exempt from levies, which must not be seized, will be six months’ supply from this date for the owners and their families, including their employés, at the rate of 14 bushels per month for each person.
By command of Major-General Hooker:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HpQRs. 11TH Corps, ARMY OF POTOMAO,
No.1 } Stafford Oourt-House, Va., February 6, 1863.
of the Potomac, which discontinues the division of the army into grand
divisions, and adopts the corps organization in its stead, I hereby
resume the command of the Eleventh Corps. ,