Summary:
These Union Special Orders issued by the Department of the Susquehanna in
November, 1864, concern troop movements and officer assignments.
Chambersburg, Pa.,
November 13, 1864.
1. Company G, Two hundred and first Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty in Juniata District, and will proceed without delay to Philipsburg, Center County, Pa., and upon arrival there will report to Maj. R. I. Dodge, U. S. Army, acting assistant provost-marshal-general, Western Division of Pennsylvania, for orders. The quartermaster's department will furnish necessary transportation by railroad.
2. Lieut. John Downey, Patapsco Guard, Independent Company Maryland Volunteers, will proceed without delay with his company from Pottsville to Philipsburg, Center County, Pa., and upon arrival there will report to Maj. R. I. Dodge, U. S. Army, acting assistant provost-marshal-general, Western Division of Pennsylvania, for orders. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation by railroad.
3. Capt. B. Lambert, Independent Mounted Company 100-days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, will proceed without delay with the detachment of his company from Columbia County to Philipsburg, Center County, Pa., and upon arrival there will report to Maj. R. I. Dodge, U. S. Army, acting assistant provost-marshal-general, Western Division of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, for orders. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation by railroad.
By command of Maj.-Gen. Couch:
J. S. SCHULTZE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 43, Serial No. 91, Pages 622, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
