Major Wynkoop is Relieved of Command of Fort Lyon.
Major Wynkoop is Relieved
of Command of Fort Lyon.

CHAP. LIII.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - UNION. 433

SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DIST. OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS,
        No. 13.              }             Fort Riley, Kans., November 4, 1864.

    I.   Major E. W. Wynkoop, First Cavalry of Colorado, is hereby relieved from the command of Fort Lyon, Colo. Terr., and is ordered to report without delay to headquarters District of the Upper Arkansas, for orders.
    II.   Major Scott J. Anthony, First Cavalry of Colorado, will proceed to Fort Lyon, Colo. Terr., and assume command of that post, and report in regard to matters as stated in Special Orders, No. 4, paragraph VII, from these headquarters, dated Fort Riley, October 17, 1864.
    By order of Major Henning:
                                                   A. HELLIWELL,
                        Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


Source:

United States. War Dept., United States. Record and Pension Office., United States. War Records Office., et al., "Price's Missouri Expedition," The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Published Under the Direction of the Honorable Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War. By Major George W. Davis, U. S. Army, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Board of Publication. Series I-Volume XLI-In Four Parts. Part IV-Correspondence, Etc. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1893. p. 433.

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