Order
Robert O. Tyler to E. L. Kinney, April 17, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS ABERCROMBIE’S DIVISION,
April 17, 1863.
No. 1 April 17, 1863. In obedience to Special Orders, No. 58, headquarters Department of Washington, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the division heretofore commanded by Major-General Casey.* J. J. ABERCROMBIE, Brigadier-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, yarn ART. DEFENSES OF ALEXANDRIA, No. 29. Near Fort Ward, Va., April 17, 1863. I. The Second New York Heavy Artillery, Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, and Sixteenth Virginia Volunteers, are hereby temporarily attached to the command of Colonel Tannatt. I. I. This command will hereafter be designated as the “‘ Defenses of Washington South of the Potomac.”
By order of Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler:
E. L. KINNEY,
Second Iieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
Second Iieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Brigadier General Robert O. Tyler announces command changes and the temporary attachment of artillery and volunteer units to Colonel Tannatt for the Defenses of Washington south of the Potomac.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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