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: 68
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68 OPERATIONS IN N. C., 8. C., 8. GA., AND E. FLA. [CHAP. LIX.
major-general commanding in the field: Col. James Wilson, provost-
marshal general; Lieut. Col. William E. Strong, assistant inspector-
general; Maj. T. W. Osborn, chief of artillery; Capt. F. W. Gilbreth,
aide-de-camp; Capt. F. J. Woodward, acting assistant quartermaster
and acting chief quartermaster in the field; Capt. P. A. Taylor, chief
signal officer; Capt. A. M. Van Dyke, assistant adjutant-general;
Capt. A. S. Cole, acting aide-de camp; First Lieut. Amos Stickney,
Engineer Corps, U. S. Army; First Lieut. John A. Mills, acting assist-
ant quartermaster and staff quartermaster; First Lieut. G. W. Free-
man, acting aide-de-camp; First Lieut. J. P. Sampson, Signal Corps,
U. S. Army; Second Lieut. Joseph A. Sladen, acting assistant adju-
tant-general; Asst. Surg. D. L. Huntington, U. S. Army, assistant medi-
cal director: Actg. Asst. Surg. J. L. Hoover, U. S. Army, staff surgeon.
The officers of the chief quartermaster, chief commissary of subsist-
ence, chief engineer, chief ordnance officer, and chief commissary of
musters will remain with the established headquarters at New Berne,
N. C. The chief quartermaster and commissary of subsistence will
consult with their respective chiefs of the Military Division of the
Mississippi as to proper supply of the army when communication is
reopened, and will report to them accordingly. Captain Taylor, chief
signal officer, will direct to accompany headquarters in the field such
officers and men of his corps as are necessary to perform the work of
his department. Maj. E. Whittlesey, judge advocate, will remain at
general headquarters, at least until the business of his department is
transacted.
By order of Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard:
A. M. VAN DYKE,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS,
Goldsborough, N. 0., March 31, 1865.
Brigadier-General THOMAS
Adjutant-General U. S. Army :
GENERAL: Having been assigned to the command of this corps by
the President, I have the honor to make the following recommendations
for appointments on the corps staff, viz : Maj. Theodore Cox, assistant
adjutant-general, to be assistant adjutant-general of the corps, with
rank of lieutenant-colonel, vice Lieut. Col. J. A. Campbell, transferred
to department staff, Department of North Carolina; Henry W. Wells,
late major First Tennessee Light Artillery, to be senior aide-de-camp,
with rank of major; Capt. Hobart Ford, One hundred and fourth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, to be aide-de-camp, with rank of captain; Maj.
Tristram T. Dow, One hundred and twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infan-
try, to be assistant inspector-general of the corps, vice Lieut. Col. and
Bvt. Brig. Gen. W. Hartsuff, transferred to the department staff,
Department of North Carolina; Capt. D. W. H. Day to be chief quar-
termaster of the corps with the rank, &c, of lieutenant-colonel, vice
Lieutenant-Colonel Boyd, transferred to chief quartermastership Army
of the Ohio; Surg. C. S. Frink, U. S. Volunteers, to be medical director of
the corps, vice Surgeon Shippen, transferred to medical directorship
Army of the Ohio. A recommendation for a second aide, with the rank
of captain, will be made hereafter.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. D. COX,
Major-General, Commanding.
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