Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-06
OFFICIAL.
HlADQ'Rs FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT,
STATE OF VIReINIA,
RICHMOND. Va. April 70 1859

STATE OF vIReINIA,
RICHMOND, Va. April 80. 1869.
!. The following reorganization Of divisions
OF the State Of Virginia and assignment OF
military commissions Is hereby made TO take
effect Nav ], 1859.
First Bivision-Accomac and Northampton
counties; and Second Division-Norfolk city,
Norfolk county, and city Of Portsmouth, ana
Princsss Anna county; commanding officer,
post OF Norfolk; station, Norfolk.
Third Division-Nansemond Surry, and Isle
Of Wight counties; Brevet Colonel Thomas
Shea, captain United States army; station, Sui
folk, Nansemond county.
Fourth Division-Eiizabeth City and War.
wick counties; Brevet Captain James Kenning-
ton, first lieutenant United States army; sta
tioD, Hampton. El,zabe City county.
Fifth Div .siou-James City and York. GIou.
ces'er and Mathews counties; and Eleventh
Division-Charles City and New Kent counties;
Captain Madison Earle, United States army;
station, Williamsburg, James City county,
sixth Division-Prince George and DinwId
die counties and Petersburg city; commanding
officer, post Of Petersburg: station Petersburg
Seventh Division-Southampton. Greenes-
VILE, and Sussex, and Brunswick counties;
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel T.. p. Pearson, Jr. !;
captain 18th infantry. Station-Hicksford,
6Ieenesville coanty.
and Nottoway counties; and N tn Division
Halifax, Charlotte, and Prince Edward coun-
ties; Brevet First Lieutenant q. p. Mcraggart,
81 cond lieutenant United States army. Sta
II
Tenth Division-Amelia, Cumberland, Ches-
ter field, and Powha'ln counties: Brevet Lieu.
tenant Colonel George H. Higbee, captain
United States army. Station-Manchester
Twelfth Division-Kmg and Queen, King
William, Middlesex, and Essex counties; and
Thirteenth Division,Northumbrrland, Lam
caster, Richmond, and Westmoreland counties
Second Lieutenant ]. A. Yeckley, United
States army. Station-Warsaw, Richmond
Eany,o.n.n n;-,.;~r <,.,.,,.. u.-n
and Spottsylyania counties; and Sixteenth Dt.
yision-Richmond city; Brevet Major Paul r.
Hambrick, first lieutenant United States army,
Stati0n-Richmcnd.
Goochland counties; Major John M. Goodhue.
United states army. Station-Richmond.
Seventeenth Division-Fluvanna, Louisa,
Albemarle, and Augusta counties; Brevet First
Lieutenant F. f. Town, second lieutenant
United States army. Station-Cnarlottesvi Vile,
Albemarle county.
Madison, Fauquier, and Rappahannock coun.
ties; and Nineteenih h Division-Staford. Prince
William, Loudon, Fairfax, and Alexandra
counties; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel s. p. Lee,
captain United States army. Station-Alex-
Twentieth Observation-Disclosures, Rocking
ham, Clarke, Warren, Page, and Shenandoah
counties; Brevet Colonel @. E. Bennett, captain
17th infantry. Station Winchester.
Twenty.f1rst Division-PittsylvanIa county;
and Twenty y-sixth Division-Henry, Patrick,
and Franklin counties; Second Lieutenant A.
r. Egbert, United States army. Station-Dan-
Vile.
Twenty-second Di Divlsior-Bedford and Camp.
bell counties; and Twenty fifth Divisiou-Bo-
tIes; commanding officer post of Lynchburg.
Station-Lypchburg.
Twenty-third Division-Amherst, Bucking-
ham, Nelson, and Appomsttox counties; First
Lieutenant f. J. Dunn, United States army.
Station-Lynchburg.
Twenty fourth Division-Bath, Highland,
and Rockbridge counties; Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel f. b. Knox, first lieutenant United
county.
Twenty seventh Division - Montgomery,
Bland and TaZeweli, Pulaski, and Giles coun-
ties; Twenty eighth Diyision-Cirroll, Floyd,
and Grayson counties; Twenty. tn Division
-Wythe. Russell, and buchanan, Smyth, and
Washington counties: and Thirteth Division
Lee, Scott, and Wise counties; Brevet Captain
Henry Narcotic, first lieutenant Usited States
army: standardization, Smyth county.
=. The military commissioners herein assign
ed are appointed superintendents Of regis
tration and election for their respective divis-
ions.
3 The commanding officers OF posts, herein
peImtendents of registration and election, will
Je considered as present for duty at their posts,
and VIII be so reported on the returns. They
are ntIusted with all the powers heretofore
conferred on military commissioners and su-
perintendents OF registration and election, by
orders from these headquarters, In addition to
their duty as commanding officers.
4. Whenever, by the operation OF any mill
taIy order, the commanding officer Of any post
herein before named is relieved from duty there.
AT, or is absent from his post, the duties of
military commissioner and superintendent Of
registration and election will devolve upon his
successor, or the senior officer left at the post
5. The officers hereinbefore named who are
not now on duty as military commissioners at
the stations above designated, are hereby re.
heved from their respective duties. and Will
proceed at once 10 the stations to which they
are assigned.
BY command OF Bvt. Major Gene raj Candy.
s. +. CHALFIN,
Assistant Adiutant General