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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 18: why I was relieved from command. (search)
I had always known was bitterly opposed to me, a sealed envelope containing the following orders:-- War Department, Adjutant-General's office, Washington, Jan. 7, 1865. General Order No. 1. I. By direction of the President of the United States, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin F. Butler is relieved from the command of the Department ofneral of the army. By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. Nichols, Assistant Adjutant-General. headquarters armies of the United States, City Point, Va., Jan. 7, 1865. to Maj.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord, Through Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler. Special Order No. 5. I. In pursuance of General Order No. 1., War Department, Adjutant-General's office, Washington, D. C., Jan. 7, 1865, Maj.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord will relieve Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler in the command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina temporarily. II. Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler will turn over to Maj.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord the records and orders of the department, and all public money in his possession,