T. B. Roy to Headquarters Department No. 2, July 7, 1862

SPECIAL ORDERS, }) HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
July 7, 1862.

No. 59. } Tupelo, Miss., July 7, 1862. * * * * * * * V. Brig. Gen. 8S. A. M. Wood will relieve Brig. Gen. B. R. Johnson in command of the Third Division, Army of the Mississippi. VI. Brig. Gen. B. R. Johnson is assigned to the command of the Third Brigade, Third Division, Army of the Mississippi. * * * * * * *

By command of Major-General Hardee:

Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT No. 2,
Tupelo, Miss., July 8, 1862.
General CHALMERS,
Commanding Cavalry Brigade:
GENERAL: Your communication* of the 8th instant has been laid
before the general commanding, and he directs me to express his approbation of the energy, celerity, and skill exhibited in your late movements,