Identifier	Falconer_Kinloch_b1f09
Title	General Order no. 1 (12 May 1864)
Author	Unknown
Recipient	Unknown
Date	12 May 1864
Location	Resaca (Ga.)
Subject	Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers Confederate States of America. Army -- Management Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Broader Subject	Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Description	Lieutenant General Polk announces his command of the Army of the Mississippi and lists his supporting staff.
Transcript	Head Quarters, Army of the Miss." In the field, Resaca, GA., May 12th 1864 ) General Orders No. 1 ) I Lieut Gen. Polk assumes the command of his troops in the field, which will be designated as the Army of the Mississippi, and which will be composed of the Infantry Divisions of Maj. Genl Loniy and French and Brig Genl Carter and the cavalry brigades of Brigadier Generals Armstrong, Ferguson and Ross under command of Brig. Gen. W. H. Jackson." The Lieut. Genl. Command’g announces the following staff for the Army of the Mississippi" Lt. W.D. Galey Col. H.C. Yeatman Maj. Frank McNaiig()" Maj. Douglas West Lt. Co. T.T. Sevier Maj. Richard Mason “ J.J. Murphy Capt. W.J. Morris Capt. C.F. Vanderford Surgeon T.W.C. Smith “ D.P. Tucker ) By command of Lt. Gen. Polk Douglas West AA. G."
Type	text;
Original Format	orders (military records) military records
Original Collection	Kinloch Falconer Collection
Collection Finding Aid	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00124/
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
Citation	Kinloch Falconer Collection, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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