Special Orders, No. 92 (Department of the Missouri)

On December 25, 1861, Major General Henry W. Halleck appointed Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis to command the Southwestern District of Missouri.

Portrait of Samuel R. Curtis — On December 25, 1861, Major General Henry W. Halleck appointed Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis to command the Southwestern District of Missouri. [Wikimedia Commons]

SPECIAL ORDERS,
No. 92.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, December 25, 1861

III. Brig. Gen. S. R. Curtis is assigned to the command of the Southwestern District of Missouri, including the country south of the Osage and west of the Meramec River.

By order of Major-General Halleck

J. C. KELTON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

Written by Harry Searles

Special Orders, No. 92 (Department of the Missouri)

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