Major-General Ulysses S. Grant: Special Orders, No. 180, July 4, 1863 (draft copy)

Head Quarters, Dept. of the T[en]

Near Vicksburg, July 4th 1863,

Spl. Orders, No 180

II II 1 Immediately On the surrender of the City of Vicksburg Maj. Gen. Herron will advance one Brigade of his Division to within the fortifications of the enemy. He will immediately throw out guards to prevent all persons, from soldiers or citizens, from entering or leaving the city.

The divisien of Maj. Gen. J. A. Logan will march in and take eha

2 II Maj. Gen. J. A. Logan is assigned temporarily to the command of the city of Vicksburg, and He will march his Division immediately within the entrenchments of the enemy to a suitable camp ground. He will ta furnish all the guards necessary to prevent the escape of citizens or prisoners from the Vicksburg or the entrance of soldiers and all out side parties into the city.

One regiment will be immediately placed on guard in the city to preserve order and to prevent pillaging and other destruction of property.

Five companies, commanded by a competant Field Officer, will report at once to Lt. Col. Bingham, Chief Quartermaster, to guard a collect and guard all captured property, and to superintend working parties of such negroes as may be collected and employed in discharging boats and otherwise labor in the Quartermaster's Dept.

3  No citizens will be permitted to land from steamers until authority may hereafter be given.

4 All able bodied negro men in the city will be immediately collected and organized into working parties under suitable officers & non-commissioned officers. They will at once be set at policing the city and all the grounds within the entrenchments.

5. Capt. Comstock, Chief Eng. will superintend direct the destruction of the outside approaches made to the enemy's works. All necessary details will be made for this purpose by the Comdr of the 17th Army Corps, either from his PyPioneer Corps, negroes collected, or by details from the ranks. All heavy Artillery will be moved into the entrenchments and properly located for defence. Division Engineer officers, or in their absence, Division Qr. Mrs. will collect and save all mining tools belonging to their respective commands.

SOURCE: John Y. Simon, Editor, The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 8, p. 454-5