The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 45, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 47
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CHAP. LVII.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION. 47
Henry E. Noyes, Second U. S. Cavalry, to be assistant inspector-gen-
eral, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; Capt. Elias B. Carling,
assistant quartermaster, to be chief quartermaster, with the rank of
lieutenant-colonel; Capt. J. C. Read, commissary of subsistence of vol-
unteers, to be chief commissary of subsistence, with the rank of lieu-
tenant-colonel, to date from December 4, 1864. These appointments,
with the exceptionn of the last, should be made to date from the 24th of
October, 1864, the officers having performed their duties since that
time.
I have also to request that First Lieut. John N. Andrews, Eighth U.
S. Infantry, may be appointed as an aide-de-camp on my personal staff,
with the rank of major, to date from October 5, the date of my appoinlt-
ment to duty as a major-general by brevet. I hope the full staff may
be allowed, as my command is extensive and demands all the activity
and zeal the officers are capable of giving.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. H. WILSON,
Brevet Mfajor- General.
HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. O'F THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1864.
Lieut. JOSEPH HEDGES,
Commanding Fourth U. S. Cavalry:
LIIEUTENANT: General Wilson directs that you report to. him with
the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, at an early hour to-morrow, at his head-
quarters in Edgefield.
By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:
E. B. BEAUMONT,
Major and Assistant Adjutant- General.
LOUISVILLE, December 4, 1864.
Captain BEAUMONT,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
The Second Brigade, First Cavalry Division, marches for Nashville
this morning.
O. H. LA GRANGE,
Colonel, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Camp near Louisville, Ky., December 4, 1864.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. H. WILSON,
Chief of Cavalry, Military Division of the Mississippi:
I have received your two dispatches of this date. Will consult with
Major Chambliss, who will be in town to-morrow, and will probably be
able to secure the most of the horses in Louisville. on the 7th and 8th.
You have a statement of how the command is armed. Shall I arm
them with muskets or anything I can get? They have now on hand
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