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The Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant
Part 3.

CHAPTER XXXII
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When the reserve is formed by divisions, each division will remain under the immediate command of its respective corps commander, unless otherwise specially ordered for a particular emergency.
Sixth .-- Troops will be required to bivouac, until proper facilities can be afforded for the transportation of camp equipage.
Seventh .-- In the present movement, one tent will be allowed to each company for the protection of rations from rain; one wall tent for each regimental headquarters; one wall tent for each brigade headquarters; and one wall tent for each division headquarters; corps commanders having the books and blanks of their respective commands to provide for, are authorized to take such tents as are absolutely necessary, but not to exceed the number allowed by General Orders No.

160, A.G.

O., series of 1862.
Eighth .-- All the teams of the three army corps, under the immediate charge of the quartermasters bearing them on their returns, will constitute a train for carrying supplies and ordnance and the authorized camp equipage of the army.
Ninth .-- As fast as the Thirteenth army corps advances, the Seventeenth army corps will take its place; and it, in turn, will be followed in like manner by the Fifteenth army corps.
Tenth .-- Two regiments from each army corps will be detailed by corps commanders, to guard the lines from Richmond to New Carthage.
Eleventh .-- General hospitals will be established by the medical director between Duckport and Milliken's Bend.

All sick and disabled soldiers will be left in these hospitals.

Surgeons in charge of hospitals will report convalescents as fast as they become fit for duty.


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