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Item citation: From folder 9 of the William Asbury Whitaker Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Item transcription:
Head quarters
Department and Army of the Tenn.
Iuka, Miss. October 24. 1863.
General Orders
No. 1}
I. Pursuant to General Order No. 2 from Head quarters Military Division of the Mississippi, Louisville Ky. of date October 19, 1863. the undersigned hereby assumes Command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee.
II. Major R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General, is announced as Chief of Staff.
W. T. Sherman
Major General
Maj. Genl. Jas. B. McPherson
Comd’g. 17th Army Corps
Vicksburg, Miss.