Major-General Reynolds to C. Kingsbury, J. R, February 18, 1863
No. 42. } Near Belle Plain, February 18, 1863.. * * * * * * *
V. That part of Paragraph V, Special Orders, No. 39, February 15, 1863, from these headquarters, which organizes the brigades of the Third Division, is changed, and will read as follows:
The troops of the Third Division will be brigaded as follows: The One hundred and twenty-first, One hundred and thirty-fifth, One hundred and forty-second, and One hundred and fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers will comprise the First Brigade, to be commanded by the senior colonel. The One hundred and forty-third, One hundred and forty-ninth, and One hundred and fiftieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers will comprise the Second Brigade, and be commanded by Col. Roy Stone, One hundred and forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
By command of Major-General Reynolds:
Tieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
CaMP NEAR FALMOUTH, V. A.,
February 19, 1863.
(Through commanding officer, First Corps 🙂
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