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, taking his farewell of the Army of the Tennessee: General Orders, no. 5. Headq'rs Right Wing Army of Tenn., Steamer Forest Queen, Milliken's Bend, January 4, 1863. Pursuant to the terms of General Order No. 1, made this day by General McClernand, the title of our army ceases to exist, and constitutes in the future the Army of the Mississippi, composed of two "army corps," one to be commanded by General G. W. Morgan, and the other by myself. In relinquishing the command of the Armyation must in the end emerge from this dire conflict purified and ennobled by the fires which now test its strength and purity. All officers of the General Staff not attached to my person will hereafter report in person and by letter to Major General McClernand, commanding the Army of the Mississippi, on board the steamer Tigress, at our rendezvous at Gaines's Landing and at Montgomery Point. By order of Major General W. T. Sherman. J. H. Hammond, Assistant Adjutant General. The New O