General Orders No. 7, 1865, War Department

The limits of the Department of the South are extended so as to embrace the State of North Carolina. The Headquarters will remait at Hilton Head. The Department will, until further instructions, be subject to the orders and control of Major General Sherman.

Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 12, 1865.

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