| General Orders No.2 |
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| Hdqrs 2d Grand Div., Army of the Miss.
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| Jackson, Tenn., March 5, 1862 |
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| 1. All troops coming within limits of
this division from Louisiana
and Mississippi
will rendezvous at Grand Junction, Tenn., and those from Alabama
at Corinth, Miss., and the new levies from Tennessee
will rendezvous at Henderson and Bethel Stations, on the Mobile
& Ohio Railroad. |
| 2. Lea's and Browder's regiments
Tennessee Volunteers and stragglers and unattached men will proceed
from Henderson Station to Corinth, and report to Brigadier-General Ruggles. The Seventh Regiment
Mississippi Volunteers will proceed from Jackson
to Henderson. |
| 3. Chiefs of staff will see that the
necessary supplies and transportation are furnished to effect these
movements.
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| 4. Railroads within the limits of this
command, being absolutely necessary for military purposes at this
time, are, to the extent necessary, placed under the control of the
Quartermaster's Department. To suppress disorders arrest all persons
traveling without proper authority, and prevent undue interference
by unauthorized persons on the Memphis
& Charleston
and Mobile
& Ohio
Railroads, Brigadier-General Ruggles will make the necessary details
from his command to send a guard of one commissioned officer and
five men with each passenger train on these roads. |
| 5. The sale or supplying in any manner
of intoxicating liquors within 5 miles of any station occupied by
troops or within 1 mile of any public highway used for military
purposes, except for medicinal purposes, on the written prescription
of a regular physician, is prohibited. All grog-shops and drinking
saloons within such limits will be closed and the supplies packed,
subject to military inspection. Any violation of this order will be
followed by prompt arrest of the offender and destruction of all his
stores of liquor. |
| 6. Martial law is declared at the city
of Memphis. A firm and discreet officer, of proper qualifications, will be
detailed by Brigadier-General Ruggles to assume the duties of
provost-marshal at that place, who will publish his orders and call
on the commanding officer at that city for the necessary guards to
enforce them. |
| 7. The prisoners of war at
Memphis
will be transferred to Mobile, under a guard of 50 men, to be detailed by Brigadier-General
Ruggles from his command at Corinth. The commanding officer at
Mobile
will forward them, under a proper guard, to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for confinement. |
| By command of Major-General Bragg: |
| H. W. Walter |
| Acting Assistant Adjutant-General |