HDQRS. DEPT. OF NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA,
Alexandria, May 28, 1861.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 1.
I. In compliance with General Orders, No. 26, of the 27th instant, from the War Department, the undersigned hereby assumes command of this department. Communications will be addressed to Capt. James B. Fry, assistant adjutant-general.
II. Col. C. P. Stone, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, having reported for duty in compliance with orders from the War Department, is assigned to the command of the brigade to consist of the First Michigan, the New York Zouaves, and the Fifth Massachusetts Regiments. Other troops or detachments at Alexandria will be under his orders. Having the use of the telegraph to Washington, he may, in case of need, not admitting of delay, report direct to general headquarters.
III. Col. S. P. Heintzelman, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, having reported for duty in compliance with orders from the War Department, is assigned to the command of the brigade to consist of the Eighth, Twelfth, and Twenty-fifth New York Regiments. Other troops or detachments in his vicinity not otherwise assigned will also be under his orders.
IV. Col. David Hunter, Third U. S. Cavalry, having reported for duty in compliance with orders from the War Department, is assigned to the command of the brigade to consist of the Fifth, Twenty-eighth, and Sixty-ninth New York Regiments. Other troops or detachments in his vicinity not otherwise assigned will be under his orders.
IRVIN McDOWELL,
Brigadier-General.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series I, Vol. LI, Part I. With additions and corrections. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902.
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