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The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
Later from the North.exchange of prisoners agreed upon. Gen. Halleck Commander-in-chief--Infamous order of Gen. Pope. We have received New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore papers to the 24th inst. The news by them is important. The fact of Gen. Halleck's appointment to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the land forces of the United States is thus officially announced: Executive Manson, July 11, 1862. Ordered, That Major-General Henry W. Hallock be assigned to the command of the whole land forces of the United States, as General-in-Chief, and that he repair to this capital so soon as he can with safety to the positions and operations within the Department now under his special charge. Abraham Lincoln. The following is a sketch of the new Commander by the New York Herald: The New Federal Commander-in-chief. Henry Wager Halleck is one the four Major-Generals who were first appointed in 1861 to that rank in the United States army. Gen. Halleck is