Special Orders, No. 45 (CSA, 1862), TextOn February 25, 1862, the Confederate War Department issued General Orders, No. 45 appointing Major General Kirby Smith to command the Department of East Tennessee.
Special Orders, No. 486 (Army of the Potomac (CSA), 1861, TextOn November 4, 1861, General Joseph E. Johnston issued Special Orders, No. 486, ordering Major General Thomas J. Jackson to take command of the Valley District of the Department of Northern Virginia.
Special Orders, No. 5 (Department of Tennessee and Georgia (CSA), 1864, TextOn September 28, 1864, General John Bell Hood issued Special Orders, No. 5, Department of Tennessee and Georgia, announcing that William J. Hardee was relieved from duty with the Army of Tennessee.
Special Orders, No. 51 (Department of the Ohio, 1862), TextOn October 7, 1862, Major General Horatio G. Wright, commanding Department of the Ohio, issued Special Orders, No. 51, assigning Major General Gordon Granger to command the newly created Army of Kentucky.
Special Orders, No. 92 (Department of the Missouri, 1861), TextOn December 25, 1861, Major General Henry W. Halleck appointed Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis to command the Southwestern District of Missouri.
Special Orders, No. 95 (Virginia Forces, 1861), TextOn May 21, 1861, Robert E. Lee, commander of Virginia's forces, issued Special Orders, No. 95, assigning Brigadier General Milledge Luke Bonham to command the state's troops on the Alexandria Line.