The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 46
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46 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., 8. GA., AND E. FLA. [CHAP. LIX.
fatigue before leaving camp will be inspected by the proper officer.
Great care should be bestowed upon the inspection of the camps and
quarters of the men, and of all hospitals connected with their camps
(as to their sanitary condition and location); of the arms and accouter-
ments of the men, which should be kept clean and in good condition,
and of the condition of all public property pertaining to the command.
V. The general commanding regrets the necessity of calling atten-
tion to the lax and awkward manner in which guards and sentinels
perform their duties. Company officers should be held responsible for
the instruction of their men in all duties pertaining to this important
subject. Not alone is the military bearing of the men damaged, but
their general usefulness impaired by carelessness and inattention to the
required forms. In this connection, attention is invited to paragraphs
62, 64, and 65, Revised Army Regulations, edition of 1863.
VI. The troops will be drilled twice a day.
VII. Attention is invited to paragraphs 451, 455, Revised Army
Regulations, edition of 1863, with reference to official correspondence,
and to General Orders, No. 129, Adjutant-General's Office, War Depart-
ment, Washington, series of 1864, on the same subject. Hereafter no
officer or soldier will be permitted to present in person at these head-
quarters official communications unless he shall have received written
permission to that effect from his division commander.
VIII. Division commanders are charged with the promulgation and
enforcement of this order.
By order of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan:
MAX. WOODHULL,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
HDQRS. THIRD BRIG., SECOND DIV., 15TH ARMY CORPS,
Near Goldsborough, N. C., March 28, 1865.
Capt. G. LOFLAND,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps:
SIR: I have the honor to report that, according to orders received
from your headquarters, the Third Brigade guarded forage train this
day; the rear of the column is now (6.30 p. m.) coming into camp,
having marched thirty miles. The roads were in fair condition for
seventeen miles from Goldsborough, but few places need any work to
pass the artillery and transportation of the corps. The bridge oppo-
site the fourteen-mile post on the road to the left, crossing Bull Head
Creek, was burned last night. I hear the bridges farther up are also
destroyed. We gathered all the forage near the main Snow Hill road for
fifteen miles from this camp. Saw no rebels. I would respectfully call
the attention of the general commanding to the fact that there are still
a large number of mounted men from this corps; they are stripping the
people of everything that can sustain life. I saw families of women,
children, and negroes who had absolutely nothing to eat, and their
houses and quarters stripped of everything--cooking utensils, bedding,
crockery, &c. Some rascals are beginning to set fire to the deserted
houses of those who have fled to Goldsborough-also burning fences.
All kinds of vehicles were seen upon the road all day. The conduct
of teamsters and men in charge of train was good. The amount of
forage gathered was fifty-eight wagon loads of corn and fodder, three
wagon loads of lumber, and some ambulances, which I did not examine.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN M. OLIVER,
Brigadier- General.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/46/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.