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XVI. ORDER BY BRIG. GENERAL DEVENS, THIRD DIVISION TWENTY-FOURTH CORPS.

Headquarters 3rd Division
24th Army Corps, March 10th, 1865.

Special Order, No. 45.

I. In accordance with General Order No. 11, dated Headquarters 24th Army Corps, January 17, 1865, the regiments selected by Brigade commanders as the best in their respective commands, were inspected at these Headquarters, and after a careful inspection the 9th Vermont Volunteers was found to be the best regiment in this Division. It is therefore by the provisions of the above mentioned Order, excused from all picket and outside details for one additional week.

By order of
BRIG. GENERAL DEVENS.
(Signed.) GEORGE W. HOOKER
Captain and A. A. G.