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Horatio G. Wright, General Orders, No. 1

1862-08-23

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Date of Creation: August 23, 1862
Place of Creation: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Order
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863
Box / Folder: R2-26 to R2-27
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-027-0020
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FTP Identifier: 32211131

Mentioned in this document

People: Foster, C. W.; Wright, Horatio Gouverneur
Places: Cincinnati, Ohio; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisville, Kentucky; Michigan; Ohio; Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations: Department of the Ohio; United States War Department
Dates: 1862-08-23; 1862-08-19

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Horatio G. Wright, General Orders, No. 1, 1862-08-23, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-027-0020 (November 12, 2026).

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Head Quarters, Department of the Ohio,
Louisville, Kentucky August 23^d 1862.
General Order
No. 1.

Pursuant to General orders, no. 112, War Department, Washington, August 19th 1862. the undersigned hereby assumes command of the Department of the Ohio, composed of the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentuckyeast of the Tennessee river, and including Cumberland Gap and the troops operating in its vicinity. Headquarters, for the present, will be at Cincinnati, Ohio, where all the usual reports, returns &C. will be sent

(Signed)H. G. Wright
Major Gen'l commanding CDepartment

Official:

C. W. Foster
A. A. Gen'l. —

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General Orders
of
Major General Wright
No 1