The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 48, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 203
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, April 25, 1865.
Capt. JOHN WILLANS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.:
Have two nountain howitzers turned over to the two companies of
infantry to accompany the wagon road party up Niobrara River.
G. M. DODGE,
Major- General.
GENERAL ORDERS, j DQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO,
No. 12. Santa FP, N. Mex., April 25, 1865.
To provide for the better protection of the Mesilla Valley, and to
lessen the perils of the Jornada del Muerto, a military post, to be
known as Fort Selden, to perpetuate the memory of the late lamented
Col. Henry R. Selden, will at once be established at Roblero, N. Mex.,
on the site already selected by Lieut. Col. Nelson H. Davis, assistant
inspector-general, U. S. Army. This post will be built of adobes, and
have capacity for a company of infantry and a company of cavalry
with sixty horses. For the present its garrison will consist of Captain
Whitlock's company (C), First Veteran Infantry California Volunteers,
and Captain Cook's company (F), First Infantry New Mexico Volun-
teers. Capt. James H. Whitlock will be the commanding officer iud
Capt. Rufus C. Vose, First Cavalry California Volunteers, will be the
quartermaster and commissary. The troops designated will move at
once upon the ground. Col. John C. McFerran, U. S. Army, chief
quartermaster of this department, will give orders in detail as to the
plan and construction of the work and will furnish all necessary
employs, funds, tools, means of transportation and supplies which, in
his judgment, may be necessary to have the post completed at the earli-
est practicable day. The troops will assist in the work as far as possi-
ble. Lieut. Col. Nelson H. Davis, U. S. Army, will mark out as much
ground contiguous to the site already selected as will be necessary for
the military reserve at Fort Selden. This ground will not be settled
upon by persons not connected with the military establishment at Fort
Selden.
By command of Brigadier-General Carleton:
BEN. C. CUTLER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
[APRIL 26, 1865.-For General Orders, No. 74, War Department,
Adjutant-General's Office, amending General Orders, No. 70, relating to
extension of military lines, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 956.]
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
New Orleans, La., April 26, 1865.
Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi:
COLONEL: I have the honor to report that no information of impor-
tance from the enemy's lines has reached this office to-day.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. M. JACKSON,
Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery.
(In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division
of West Mississippi.)203
CHAP. LX.]
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