June 27, 1865 Tuesday Major General George G. Meade, USA, is assigned command of the Federal Military Division of the Atlantic with Major General Charles R. Woods, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Alabama; Major General John G. Foster, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Florida; Major General Samuel P. Carter, USA, assigned command of the Federal 23rd Army Corps, Florida; Major General James B. Steedman, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Georgia; and Major General John M. Schofield, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of North Carolina.
Major General Philip H. Sheridan, USA, is assigned command of the Federal Military Division of the Gulf with Major General Edward R. S. Canby, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Louisiana & Texas.
Major General William T. Sherman, USA, is assigned command of the Federal Military Division of the Mississippi with Major General Henry W. Slocum, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Mississippi; Major General John Pope, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of the Missouri; Major General Joseph J. Reynolds, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Arkansas; Major General John M. Palmer, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Kentucky; Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, USA, assigned command of the Federal Middle Department; Major General Joseph Hooker, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of the East; Major General Alfred H. Terry, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Virginia; and Major General Edward O. C. Ord, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of the Ohio.
Major General Henry W. Halleck, USA, is assigned command of the new Federal Military Division of the Pacific with Major General Irvin McDowell, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of California; Brigadier General George Wright, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of the Columbia; and Major General Christopher C. Augur, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Washington.
Major General George H. Thomas, USA, is assigned command of the Federal Military Division of Tennessee with Major General George Stoneman, USA, assigned command of the Federal Department of Tennessee.
William Henry Penrose, USA, is appointed to Brigadier General.
Commander Macomb, commanding the Union naval forces in Albemarle Sound, reported to the commander of the Atlantic Squadron that he had captured all the Confederate naval vessels in the Roanoke River. He took possession of the sternwheel steamer Cotton Plant, the screw steamer Egypt Mills, the unfinished gunboat Halifax, and one lighter. He also seized 99 bales of cotton. The two steamers had been privately owned at one time but had been taken over by the Confederate Navy during the latter stages of the war.
_________________ Gen Ned Simms 2/XVI Corps/AotT Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em. VMI Class of '00
|