EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, March 8,
1862.
Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the
Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize that part of the said army
destined to enter upon active operations (including the reserve, but excluding
the troops to be left in the fortifications about Washington) into four army
corps, to be commanded according to seniority of rank, as follows:
First Corps to consist of four
divisions, and to be commanded by Maj. Gen. I. McDowell.
Second Corps to consist of three
divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner.
Third Corps to consist of three
divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. S. P. Heintzelman.
Fourth Corps to consist of three
divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. E. D. Keyes.
2. That the divisions now commanded by the officers above
assigned to the commands of army corps shall be embraced in and form part of
their respective corps.
3. The forces left for the defense of Washington will be
placed in command of Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth, who shall also be military
governor of the District of Columbia.
4. That this order be executed with such promptness and
dispatch as not to delay the commencement of the operations already directed to
be undertaken by the Army of the Potomac.
5. A fifth army corps, to be commanded by Maj. Gen. N. P.
Banks, will be formed from his own and General Shields' (late General Lander's)
divisions.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
SOURCE: The War
of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies, Series 1, vol. 5, p. 18
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