Order
Thomas W. Sherman to Executive Department, September 19, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS,
September 19, 1861.
No. 5. d Washington, D. O., September 19, 1861. The command will for the present be divided into three brigades, to be composed and commanded as follows: ; First Brigade, Brigadier-General Viele.—The Forty-sixth, Forty-sev- enth, and Forty-eighth New York, the Eighth Maine, and the Third New Hampshire Regiments. A ; Second Brigade, Brigadier-General .—The two remaining Maine regiments, the remaining New Hampshire, and one of the Massachusetts regiments. à j . Third Brigade, Brigadier-General Wright.—The two Connecticut regiments and the first two Massachusetts regiments that arrive. – The Rhode Island regiment is reserved for special service and will be disposed of hereafter.
T. W. SHERMAN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: Brigadier General T. W. Sherman organizes the Expeditionary Corps into three brigades, assigning specific New England regiments to each and reserving the Rhode Island regiment for special service.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6
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