Order

Ulysses S. Grant to T. S. Bowers, March 16, 1865

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,

No. 52. City Point, Va., March 16, 1865. * * * * * * *

I. I. The Tenth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops is relieved from duty at City Point, and will proceed without delay to the Army of the James and report to Maj. Gen. E. O. C. Ord for orders. The quartermaster’s department will furnish necessary transportation.

By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMY OF THE Potomac,
No. 12 } March 16, 1865.
I. Brig. Gen. M. R. Patrick, U. S. Volunteers, is relieved from duty
as provost-marshal-general of this army.
I. I. Bvt. Brig. Gen. G. N. Macy, colonel Twentieth Massachusetts
Volunteers, is announced as provost-marshal-general of the Army of
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Lieutenant-General Grant orders the Tenth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops to leave City Point and report to Major General Ord at the Army of the James, while announcing changes in provost-marshal-general appointments.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1 View original source ↗