William S. Rosecrans to John A. Dix, July 25, 1861

General Dix, Commanding, &e., Baltimore :

Of the four and a half regiments long-term volunteers, which will be up at Baltimore Friday night, retain two and send hither the remaining two and a half, including Baker’s regiment and a half. I have just learned that the Northern Central Railroad from Baltimore is without protection, the Pennsylvania troops guarding it being discharged. Look to the security of that road. I ask your attention to Annapolis and the railroad leading to it, as in a possible case we may again be thrown upon that line of communication with the North.

GENERAL ORDERS, Hpgrs. ARMY OF OCCUPATION W. VA., No. 1 } Grafton, July 25, 1861.

1. By authority of the War Department, Major-General McClellan has been relieved from the command of the Department of the Ohio and ordered to Washington. The command of the Department of the Ohio, of which the Army of Occupation Western Virginia is a part, devolves upon Brigadier-General Rosecrans, U.S. Army, who assumes the command.

2. The first brigade of the Army of Occupation will, until further orders, consist of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Indiana ~ and Third Ohio Regiments, Burdsal’s cavalry, and Loomis’ battery, to which will also be attached the depot of Beverly, consisting of the Sixth Ohio, detachments of First and Second Virginia Regiments, and Bracken’s cavalry.

3. The second brigade will consist of the Seventh, Tenth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth Ohio, Mack’s batter y, and Schambeck’s cavalry.

4, The third brigade will consist of the Ninth and Fourth Ohio, and Howe’s battery, and continue, until further orders, under command of

5. The fourth, consisting of the First and Second Kentucky, Eleventh and Twelfth Ohio Regiments, U. 8. Volunteer Infantry, the Nineteenth, Twenty-first, and portions of the Highteenth and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Militia, the Ironton Cavalry, and such others as may hereafter be attached, will be called the ” Brigade of the Kanawha,” and will be commanded by Brigadier-General Cox, U. 8. Volunteer Infantry.

6. The brigadier. general commanding desires all officers and soldiers under his command to be animated by the true spirit of the soldier. Let us remember that only by patient training, watchfulness, and care may we expect to roll back the tide which has for the moment checked —

CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION.

our onward movement for the restoration of law and order, and with them peace and all its blessings. By order Brig. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans:

GENERAL ORDERS, Hpqrs. ARMY OF OCCUPATION W. VA., No. 2. Grafton, Va., July 25, 1861.

I. The region within the department watered by Lower Tygart’s Valley and Cheat Rivers will, until further orders, constitute a military ‘ district, to be called the “District of Cheat River.”

II. Col. Charles J. Biddle, First Pennsylvania Regiment, is hereby assigned to the command of the District of Cheat River. The daily and other reports, required by the Army Regulations, will be rendered to his headquarters and by him to these headquarters.

By command of Brigadier-General Rosecrans, U.S. Army, commanding department: