Maj. E. W. Wynkoop is Hereby Relieved From Duty at Fort Riley, Kans.
Maj. E. W. Wynkoop
is Hereby Relieved From Duty
at Fort Riley, Kans.

CHAP. LIII.] CORRESPONDENCE. ETC.--UNION. 971

SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DISTRICT OF UPPER ARKANSAS,
           No. 42.           }               Fort Riley, Kans., December 31, 1864.

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    7. Company D, Second Colorado Cavalry, is hereby relieved from duty at Fort Riley, Kans. The commanding officer will report in person to these headquarters for orders.
    8. Company F, Second Colorado Cavalry, is hereby relieved from duty at Fort Riley, Kans. The commanding officer will report in person to these headquarters for orders.

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    13. Maj. E. W. Wynkoop, First Colorado Cavalry, is hereby relieved from duty at Fort Riley, Kans., and will proceed without delay to Fort Lyon, Colo. Ter., and upon his arrival at that post will assume command. Maj. E. W. Wynkoop, upon his arrival at Fort Lyon, will make a thorough investigation of the recent operations against the Indians in that part of the District of Upper Arkansas, and make a detailed report of the same to these headquarters, with as little delay as possible.

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    By order of Col. James H. Ford:
                                                        J. E. TAPPAN,
                           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 Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War. By Maj. George B. 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. 971.

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