of the Army

5 x 8, imprint.

Headquarters, Department of the South,
Hilton Head, S.C., February 4, 1865

General Orders,
No. 13

The following paragraph, from Special Orders No. 39, Adjutant General's Office, January 25th, 1865, is re-published for the information of this Command:

Special Orders,
No. 39.

War Department,
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, Jan. 25, 1865

Colonel Edward A. Starling, 35th Kentucky Volunteers, and Lieutenant Colonel Edward R. Wier, Jr., 35th Kentucky Volunteers, (whose muster out were suspended by orders from War Department) are hereby dishonorably mustered out of the service of the United States from date of muster in, for violation of Paragraph 89, Mustering Regulations, in transferring men from company to company, thereby fraudulently swelling the ranks to secure improper musters into the service of the United States.

Commanding Generals of the Armies and Departments will promulgate this Order to their respective commands.

By order of the Secretary of War:
E.D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General

By Command of Major General J.G. Foster
W.L.M. Burger
Assistant Adjutant General

There is some scattered staining around the edges of the document which do not affect the content in any way. Uncommon orders from the Department of the South in Hilton Head, S.C. Documents regarding Kentucky troops in the Civil War are also considered to be uncommon.