General Head-quarters,
State of New York,
Adjutant-general's
Office, Albany, May 8,1861.
General Orders No. 33.
Under the provisions of the act of April 16,1861, and of
General Order No. 13, issued pursuant thereto, John A. Dix, of New York, is hereby
appointed a Major-general of the volunteer force called for from this State in
compliance with the requisition of the President of the United States.
General Dix is, until farther orders, assigned to the
command of the volunteer troops in and about the city of New York.
By order of the Commander-in-chief.
J. Meredith Read, Jr., Adjutant-general.
SOURCE: Morgan Dix, Memoirs of John Adams Dix,
Volume 2, p. 16
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