The New York herald., 1862-03-13
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
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Advance Of the Land and Naval Forces
Of the United States.
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OfENIyG OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN.
The Avalanche Upon the
South.
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TIE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS RlGRClNIzED
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naj0 General Fremont Ordered TO the
Mountains Of Virginia,
&C., &C.. SC.
ofENIsG OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN.
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OFFICIAL.
PEE PRESIDENTS GENERAL WAR ORDER ro.I.
EyscunSs MAssoN, WASHINGTON, Jan. q. 1861
rderod Tha. the I'D day OF February 1852 the day
for gcnera Of the land forces Of tho
United States against tho nsuJgent forces.
That especially
The army at and about Fortress Monroe.
The Army Of the Potomac,
The Army Of Western Virginia,
The army Munfordsville. Ky,
The army and Gotila at Cairo
And naval forcc In the Gulf OF Mexico,
b ready for movement on that LAY.
That a the other fsrces, both land and naval, with
shsr respective commanders, obey existing orders tr
ne time and &c &c oaey aJdtona ordsrs when
duly giycn
Thatsas heads Of departments, and especially the
Secretaries Of War and of the Navy with all their subor
dinates, and tho Generalin Chief, with all other com
nander7 and slbordnates o. tho land naval rorces
viii seseraily be held to their strict and full respone
bISiee for the prompt execution Of this order.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
TIE PRESIDENTS GENERAL WAR oRDgR-No. 2.
ExxounyF MANSION, wAsHveloN March 8, 1862
Ordered fret, That the MAJOR General commanding the
Army Of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize that
CART Of said army destined enter upon actye OPERA
ssons including the reserve but excluding the toops
- left in the fot1caions about Washington into four
army corps to be commanded according TO seniority CT
rank, as follows
Fret corps TO consist Of four dvIscns and be com
nanded by Major General !. Mcdowell.
Second corps TO consst oil three divisions and to be
scnmandsd by Brigalisr General 4. v. Sumner.
Third corps to consist OF three divisions aud to be
commanded by Brigadier General S. z. Icintzeirsn.
Fourth corps to consist Of three DIVISIONS TO be
Cmmanded Briradicr Ceneral r 7
2. That the division now commanded by tine officer 8
abeve assigned TO the commands Of corps shall be en-
Sraced in and form part OF their respective corps.
The forces left for the defence Of Washington will
bs placed 10 command Of Hrigadier General James s.
Wsdswcrth, who shall also be Military Governor " the
Bstrict Of Columbia.
4. That this order be executed with such promp,ness
and dispatch as not 10 delay tho Of the
SEPARATIONS already drsc:od to be undertsken by the
Army Of the Potomac.
Q. A ffth army corps, 10 10 commanded by Major
eehsral N. p Banks, viii be formed from his own and
Gensral Shields Gate General Landcrs) division.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
TIE PRESIDENTS WAR oRDER--No 3.
ExEcuHyE MANSION, WASHINGTON March IL, 1862.
MAJOR General Mcclellan, having personally taken tho
esh at the head OF tho Army Of tho Potomac until other
wise ordered is relieved from the command OF the
slAsr military departments he retaining command or tho
Department Of the Potomac.
Ordered, further, That the two departm under
Vie respective conmands of Generals IIaeck and Hun
~ together with much of that under General Buel as
les west Of north and south ne indefinitely drawn
through Knoxville, Tennessee be consolidated and desig
stated the Department of Tic Msfss.pp and that until
otherwise ordered Maor Genera Halleck have command
q said department..
Ordered also, That the country west OF The pspart
mont Of the Potomac and east Of tho Department. the
Mississippi be military dcpa stmont, to be called the
Mountain Department and that the same be comman ded
BY Major General Fremont.
That al tho commanders Of departments, after the
receipt Of this order by them respectively report scve
rally and directly 70 tie Secretary Of War; aud that
prompt full and frequent reports viii 10 expected OF all
end each OF them. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.