General Orders, No. 57
War Dep’t, Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, March 9, 1863
I. — Major General Samuel R. Curtis, U. S. Volunteers, is relieved from the command of the Department of the Missouri.
II. — Major General Edwin V. Sumner, U. S. Volunteers, is assigned to the command of the Department of the Missouri.
By Order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.