General Albert Sidney Johnston: Order No. 1, September 15, 1861

ORDERS, No. 1}

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2,        

Nashville, Tenn., September 15, 1861.

I. By virtue of Special Orders, No. 149, of September 10, 1861, from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office at Richmond, the undersigned assumes command of the military department thereby created.

II. Department of orders, Lieut. Col. W. W. Mackall, assistant adjutant-general and chief of staff.

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A. S. JOHNSTON,        

General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4 (Serial No. 4), p. 407