. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers. Second regiment, Bucktail brigade . QUARTEKMASTEK A. S. VoORHIS. Adjutant William ASSISIAM I. L. MiiRRIS PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. l8l portant changes were about to be made in the organization ofthe Army of the Potomac, and that General Grant was to besummoned East to direct its operations in the coming cam-paign, clothed with powers which would enable him to controlall the forces of the Union and move them in concert on onefar-reaching plan. These rumors were speedily confirmed. Onthe 9th of March th
. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers. Second regiment, Bucktail brigade . QUARTEKMASTEK A. S. VoORHIS. Adjutant William ASSISIAM I. L. MiiRRIS PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. l8l portant changes were about to be made in the organization ofthe Army of the Potomac, and that General Grant was to besummoned East to direct its operations in the coming cam-paign, clothed with powers which would enable him to controlall the forces of the Union and move them in concert on onefar-reaching plan. These rumors were speedily confirmed. Onthe 9th of March the grade of lieutenant-general, which hadbeen revived by Congress, was bestowed upon Grant, who lostno time in visiting the army at Culpeper and conferring withGeneral Meade, though he did not transfer his head-quartersto Virginia until some weeks later. Meades plan of reorgan-izationcontemplated the consolidation of the First and ThirdCorps with the Fifth and Second respectively, by which eachof the latter would thereafter contain four divisions. On the 17th of March, Major Chamberlin, who had beencommissioned lieutenant-colonel on the 6th, to succeed ColonelHu
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