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The following is the text of the President's order:

“[President's General War Order No. 2.]

“EXECUTIVE MANSION,

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'Washington, March 8, 1862. "Ordered, 1st. That the major-general commanding the army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize that part of the said army destined to enter upon active operations, (including the reserve, but excluding the troops to be left in the fortifications about Washington,) into four army corps, to be commanded according to seniority of rank, as follows:

"First corps to consist of four divisions, and to be commanded by Major Gen. I. McDowell. Second corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner. Third corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. S. P. Heintzelman. Fourth corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. E. D. Keyes.

2. That the divisions now commanded by the officers above assigned to the commands of army corps shall be embraced in and form part of their respective corps. "3. The forces left for the defence of Washington will be placed in command of Brig. Gen. James Wadsworth, who shall also be military governor of the District of Columbia.

"4. That this order be executed with such promptness and despatch as not to delay the commencement of the operations already directed to be undertaken by the army of the Potomac.

"5. A fifth army corps, to be commanded by Major Gen. N. P. Banks, will be formed from his own and Gen. Shields's (late Gen. Lander's) division.

"ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

The following order, which was made as soon as circumstances permitted, exhibits the steps taken to carry out the requirements of the President's war order No. 2:

"ARMY CORPS. "HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, "Fairfax C. H., Va., March 13, 1862. [GENERAL ORDERS No. 151.]

"In compliance with the President's war order No. 2, of March 8, 1862, the active portion of the army of the Potomac is formed into army corps, as follows:

"First corps. Major Gen. Irwin McDowell, to consist for the present of the divisions of Franklin, McCall, and King. Second corps, Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner;

Brig. Gen. E. D. Keyes; divisions, Couch, Gen. N. P. Banks; divisions, Williams, Smith, and Casey. Fifth corps, Major

and Shields.

"The cavalry regiments attached to divisions will, for the present remain so. Subsequent orders will provide for these regiments, as well as for the reserve artil lery. Regular infantry and regular cavalry arrangements will be made to unite the divisions of each army corps as promptly as possible.

"The commanders of divisions will at once report in person, or where that it is impossible, by letter, to the commander of their army corps.

"By command of Major Gen. McClellan. "A. V. COLBURN,

Assist. Adj. Gen.

I add a statement of the organization and composition of the troops on April 1, commencing with the portion of the army of the Potomac which went to the Peninsula, giving afterwards the regiments and batteries left on the Potomac, and in Maryland and Virginia after April 1, 1862.

Troops of the army of the Potomac sent to the Peninsula in March and early in April, 1862.

1st. Cavalry reserve, Brig. Gen. P. St. G. Cooke.-Emery's brigade: 5th United States cavalry; 6th United States cavalry; 6th Pennsylvania cavalry. Blake's brig ade: 1st United States cavalry; 8th Pennsylvania cavalry; Barker's squadron Illinois cavalry.

2d. Artillery reserve, Colonel Henry J. Hunt: Graham's battery K and G, 1st United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Randall's battery E, 1st United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Carlisle's battery E, 2d United States, 6 20-pounder Parrott guns; Robertson's battery, 2d United States, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; Benson's battery M, 2d United States, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; Tidball's battery A, 2d United States, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; Edward's battery L and M, 3d United States, 6 10. pounder Parrott guns; Gibson's battery C and G, 3d United States, 6 3-inch ordnace guns; Livingston's battery F and K, 3d United States, 4 10-pounder Parrott guns; Howe's battery G, 4th United States, 6 Napoleon guns; De Russey's battery K, 4th United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Weed's battery I, 5th United States, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; Smead's battery K, 5th United States, 4 Napoleon guns; Ames's battery A, 5th United States,

NOTE.-Blenker's, division detached and assigned to the mountain department. THIRD CORPS, GEN. HEINTZEL.

6-4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 Napoleon | chusetts, 7th Michigan, and 42d New York guns; Diedrick's battery A, New York volunteers. artillery and battalion, 6 20-pounder Parrott guns; Vogelie's battery B, New York artillery and battalion, 4 20-pounder Parrott guns; Knierim's battery C, New York artillery and battalion, 4 20-pounder Parrott guns; Grimm's battery D, New York artillery and battalion, 6 32-pounder howitzer guns. Total, 100 gnns.

3d. Volunteer engineer troops, Gen. Woodbury: 15th New York volunteers; 50th New York volunteers.

Regular engineer troops, Captain Duane: Companies A, B, and C, United States engineers.

Artillery troops, with siege trains: 1st Connecticut heavy artillery, Col. Tyler.

4th. Infantry reserve, (regular brigade,) Gen. Sykes: 9 companies 2d United States infantry, 7 companies 3d United States infantry, 10 companies 4th United States infantry, 10 companies 6th United States infantry, 8 companies 10th and 17th United States infantry, 6 companies 11th United States infantry, 8 companies 12th United States infantry, 9 companies 14th United States infantry, and 5th New York volunteers, Col. Warren.

SECOND CORPS, GEN. SUMNER. Cavalry.-8th Illinois cavalry, Col. Farnsworth, and one squadron 6th New York cavalry.

RICHARDSON'S DIVISION. Artillery-Clark's battery A and G, 4th United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Frank's battery G, 1st New York, 6 10 pounder Parrott guns; Petitt's battery B, 1st New York, 6 10-pounder Parrott gans; Hogan's battery A, 2d New York, 6 10-pounder Parrott guns.

Infantry.-Howard's brigade: 5th New Hampshire, 81st Pennsylvania, and 61st and 64th New York volunteers. Meagher's brigade: 69th, 63d, and 88th New York volunteers. French's brigade: 52d, 57th, and 66th New York, and 53d Pennsylvania volunteers.

SEDGWICK'S DIVISION. Artillery-Kirby's battery I, 1st United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Tompkin's battery A, 1st Rhode Island, 6 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 12-pounder howitzer guns; Bartlett's battery B, 1st Rhode Island, 6 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 12-pounder howitzer guns; Owen's battery G, 63-inch ordnance guns.

Infantry.-Gorman's brigade: 2d New York State militia, and 15th Massachusetts, 34th New York, and 1st Maine volunteers. Burns's brigade: 69th, 71st, 72d, and 106th Pennsylvania volunteers. Dana's brigade: 19th and 20th Massa

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Cavalry.-3d Pennsylvania cavalry, Col
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Artillery.-Griffin's battery K, 5th United States, 6 10-pounder Parrott guns: Weeden's battery C, Rhode Island; Martin's battery C, Massachusetts, 6 Napoleon guns; Allen's battery E, Massachusetts, 6 3-inch ordnance guns.

Infantry.-Martindale's brigade: 2d Maine, 18th and 22d Massachusetts, and 25th and 13th New York volunteers. Morell's brigade: 14th New York, 4th Michigan, 9th Massachusetts, and 62d Pennsylvania volunteers. Butterfield's brigade: 17th, 44th, and 12th New York, 83d Pennsylvania, and Stockton's Michigan volunteers.

First Berdan sharpshooters.

HOOKER'S DIVISION. L

Artillery.-Hall's battery H, 1st United States, 6 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 12-pounder howitzer guns; Smith's battery, 4th New York, 6 10-pounder Parrott guns; Barmhall's battery, 6th New York, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; Osborn's battery D, 1st New York artillery, 4 3-inch ordnance guns.

Infantry.-Sickle's brigade: 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Excelsior, New York. Naglee's brigade: 1st and 11th Massachusetts, 26th Pennsylvania, and 2d New Hamp5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th New Jersey volunshire volunteers. Col. Starr's brigade:

teers.

HAMILTON'S DIVISION.

Artillery.-Thompson's battery G, 2d United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Beam's battery B, New Jersey, 6 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 Napoleon guns; Ran dolph's battery E, Rhode Island, 6 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 Napoleon guns.

Infantry.-Jameson's brigade: 105th, 63d, and 57th Pennsylvania, and 87th New York volunteers. Birney's brigade: 38th and 40th New York, and 3d and 4th Maine volunteers. brigade: 2d, 3d, and 5th Michigan, and 37th New York volunteers.

FOURTH CORPS, GEN. KEYES.
COUCH'S DIVISION,

Artillery.-McCarthy's battery C, 1st
Pennsylvania, 4 10-pounder Parrott guns;
Flood's battery D, 1st Pennsylvania, 4
10-pounder Parrott guns; Miller's battery

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SMITH'S DIVISION.

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Artillery.-Platt's battery D, 2d United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Porter's battery A, Massachusetts, 6-4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 12-pounder howitzer-guns; Hexamer's battery A, New Jersey, 6-4 10pounder Parrott and 2 12-pounder howitzer-guns; Wilson's battery F, 1st New York artillery, 4 3-inch ordnance guns.

3d, and 4th New Jersey volunteers. SloInfantry.-Kearney's brigade: 1st, 2d, cum's brigade: 16th and 27th New York, teers. Newton's brigade: 18th, 31st, and 5th Maine, and 96th Pennsylvania volun32d New York, and 95th Pennsylvania M'CALL'S DIVISION. 15

volunteers.

Artillery.-Ayre's battery F, 5th United States, 6 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 Napoleon guns; Mott's battery, 3d New York, 6 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 Napoleon guns; Wheeler's battery E, 1st New York, 4 3-inch ordnance guns; Kennedy's battery, 1st New York, 6 3-inch Infantry.-Hancock's brigade: 4th Wis-guns; Cooper's battery B, 1st Pennsyl consin, 49th Pennsylvania, 43d New York, Parrott-guns. vania, 6-2 10-pounder and 4 12-pounder

ordnance guns.

and 6th Maine volunteers. Brook's brigade: 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th Vermont volunteers. Davidson's brigade: 33d, 77th, and 49th New York, and 7th Maine volun

teers.

CASEY'S DIVISION.

Artillery-Regan's battery, 7th New York, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; Fitch's 8th New York, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; Bates's battery A, 1st New York, 6 Napoleon guns; Spratt's battery II, 1st New York, 4 3-inch ordnance guns.

Infantry.-Keim's brigade: 85th, 101st, and 103d Pennsylvania, and 96th New York volunteers. Palmer's brigade: 85th, 98th, 92d, 81st, and 93d New York volunbrigade 104th, and 52d Pennsylvania, 56th and 100th New York, and 11th Maine volunteers.

teers.

5th. Provost guard: 2d United States cavalry; battalions 8th and 17th United States infantry.

At general headquarters: 2 companies 4th United States cavalry; 1 company Oneida cavalry, (New York Volunteers :) and 1 company Sturges's rifles, (Illinois volunteers.)

The following troops of the army of the Potomac were left behind, or detached on and in front of the Potomac for the defence of that line, April 1, 1862. Franklin's and McCall's divisions, at subsequent and different dates, joined the active portion of the army on the Peninsula. Two brigades of Shield's division joined at Harrison's landing :

FIRST CORPS, GEN. MCDOWELL. Cavalry.-1st, 2d, and 4th New York, and 1st Pennsylvania.

Sharpshooters.-2d regiment Berdan's sharpshooters.

United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Easton's, Artillery.-Seymour's battery C, 5th battery A, 1st Pennsylvania, 4 Napoleon

5th, and 8th Pennsylvania reserve regi Infantry.-Reynold's brigade: 1st, 2d, ments. Meade's brigade: 3d, 4th, 7th, and 11th Pennsylvania reserve regiments. Ord's brigado: 6th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Pennsylvania reserve regiments. 1st Pennsylvania reserve rifles.

KING'S DIVISION.

Artillery. Gibbon's battery B, 4th United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Monroe's battery D, 1st Rhode Island, 6 10pounder Parrott guns; Gerrish's battery A, New Hampshire, 6 Napoleon guus; Durrell's battery, Pennsylvania, 6 10-pounder Parrott guns.

teers.

Infantry.- -brigade: 2d, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin, and 19th Indiana volunPatrick's brigade: 20th, 21st, 23d, and 25th New York State militia. Augur's brigade: 14th New York State militia, and 22d, 24th, and 30th New York volunteers.

FIFTH CORPS, GEN. BANKS. Cavalry.-1st Maine, Ist Vermont, 1st Michigan, 1st Rhode Island, 5th and 8th New York, Keyes battalion of Pennsyl vania, 18 companies of Maryland, 1 squadron of Virginia.

Unattached.-28th Pennsylvania volunteers, and 4th regiment Potomac home brigade, (Maryland volunteers.)

WILLIAMS'S DIVISION. ́ ́

Artillery.-Best's battery F, 4th United States, 6 Napoleon guns; Hampton's battery, Maryland, 4 10-pounder Parrott guns; Thompson's battery, Maryland, 4 10-pounder Parrott guns; Mathew's battery F, Pennsylvania, 6 3-inch ordnance guns; battery M, 1st New York, 6 10 pounder Parrott guns; Knapp's battery,

Pennsylvania, 6 10-pounder Parrott guns; McMahon's battery, New York, 6 3-inch orduance guns.

Infantry.-Abercrombie's brigade: 12th and 2d Massachusetts, and 16th Indiana. 1st Potomac home brigade, (Maryland.) 1 company Zouaves D'Afrique, (Pennsylvania) volunteers.

nia volunteers, Kendall Green; Dickerson's light artillery, 86th New York, and detachment of 88th Pennsylvania volunteers, east of the Capitol; 14th Massachu setts (volunteers) heavy artillery and 56th Pennsylvania volunteers, Forts Albany, Tillinghast, Richardson, Runyon, Jackbrigade: 9th son, Barnard, Craig, and Scott; detachNew York State militia, and 29th Penn-ments of 4th United States artillery and sylvania, 29th Indiana, and 3d Wisconsin 37th New York volunteers, Fort Washvolunteers. brigade: 28th New ington; 97th, 101st, and 91st New York, York, 5th Connecticut, 46th Pennsylvania, and 12th Virginia volunteers, Fort Cor1st Maryland, 12th Indiana, and 13th coran. Massachusetts volunteers.

SHIELD'S DIVISION.

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Artillery.-Clark's battery E, 4th United States, 6 10-pounder Parrott guns; Jenk's battery A, 1st Virginia, 4 10-pounder Parrott and 2 6-pounder guns; Davy's battery B, 1st Virginia, 2 10-pounder Parrott guns; Huntington's battery A, 1st Ohio, 6 13-pounder James's guns; Robinson's battery L, 1st Ohio, 2 12pounder howitzers and 4 6-pounder guns; and battery, 4th Ohio Artillery.

teers.

Infantry.— brigade 14th Indiana, 4th, 8th, and 67th Ohio, 7th Virginia, and 84th Pennsylvania volunbrigade: 5th, 62d, and 66th Ohio, 13th Indiana, and 39th Illinois volunteers. brigade 7th and 29th Ohio, 7th Indiana, 1st Virginia, and 11th Pennsylvania volunteers. Andrew sharpshooters.

GEN. WADSWORTH'S COMMAND.

Cavalry-1st New Jersey cavalry, at Alexandria, and 4th Pennsylvania cavalry, east of the Capitol.

Artillery and Infantry. 10th New Jersey volunteers, Bladensburg road; 104th New York volunteers. Kalorama heights; 1st Wisconsin heavy artillery, Fort Cass, Virginia; 3 batteries of New York artillery, Forts Ethan Allen and Marcy; depot of New York light artillery, Camp Barry; 2d District of Columbia volunteers. Washington city; 26th Pennsylvania volunteers, G street wharf; 26th New York volunteers, Fort Lyon; 95th New York volunteers, Camp Thomas; 94th New York and detachment of 88th Pennsylvania volunteers, Alexandria: 91st Pennsylvania volunteers, Franklin Square barracks; 4th New York artillery, Forts Carrol and Greble; 112th Pennsylvania volunteers, Fort Saratoga; 76th New York volunteers, Fort Massachusetts; 59th New York volunteers, Fort Pennsylvania; detachment of 88th Pennsylvania volunteers, Fort Good Hope; 99th Pennsylvania volunteers, Fort Mahon; 2d New York light artillery, Forts Ward. Worth, and Blenker; 107th and 54th Pennsylva

In camp near_Washington.-6th and 10th New York, Swain's New York, and 2d Pennsylvania cavalry, all dismounted.

These troops (3,359 men) were ordered to report to Col. Miles, commanding the railroad guard, to relieve 3,306 older. troops ordered to be sent to Manassas to report to Gen. Abercrombie.

GEN. DIX'S COMMAND, BALTIMORE. Cavalry.-1st Maryland cavalry and detachment of Purnell legion cavalry.

Artillery.-Battery I, 2d United States; battery Maryland; battery L, 1st New York, and two independent batteries of Pennsylvania artillery.

Infantry.-3d and 4th New York, 11th, 87th, and 111th Pennsylvania, detachment 21st Massachusetts, 2d Delaware, 2d Maryland, 1st and 2d Eartern Shore (Maryland) home guards, and Purnell legion (two battalions) Maryland volunteers.

In a staff charged with labors so various and important as that of the army of the Potomac, a chief was indispensable to supervise the various departments and to relieve the commanding general of details. The officer of chief of staff, well known in European armies, had not been considered necessary in our small peace establishment. The functions of the office were not defined, and, so far as exercised, had been included in the Adj. General's department. The small number of officers in this department. and the necessity for their employment in other duties, have obliged commanding generals, during this war, to resort to other branches of the service to furnish suitable chiefs of staff.

On the 4th of September, 1861, I appointed Col. R. B. Marcy, of the inspector general's department, chief of staff, and he entered upon service immediately, discharging the various and important duties with great fidelity, industry, and ability, from this period until I was removed from command at Rectortown. Many improvements have been made during the war in our system of staff administration, but much remains to be done.

Our own experience, and that of other armies, agree in determining the necessity

for an efficient and able staff. To obtain | mained with me until I was relieved from this, our staff establishment should be based on correct principles, and extended to be adequate to the necessities of the service, and should include a system of staff and line education.

The affairs of the Adj. General's department, while I commanded the army of the Potomac, were conducted by Brig.-Gen. S. Williams, assisted by Lieut.-Col. James A. Hardie, aide-de-camp. Their management of the department during the organization of the army in the fall and winter of 1861, and during its subsequent operations in the field, was excellent.

They were, during the entire period, assisted by Capt. Richard B. Irwin, aidede-camp, and during the organization of the army by the following-named officers: Capts. Joseph Kirkland, Arthur McClellan, M. T. McMahon, William P. Mason, and William F. Biddle, aides-de-camp.

My personal staff, when we embarked for the Peninsula, consisted of Col. Thomas M. Key, additional aide-de-camp; Col. E. H. Wright, additionai aide-de-camp and major, 6th United States cavalry; Col. T. T. Gantt, additional aide-de-camp; Col. J. J. Astor, jr., volunteer aide-de-camp; Lieut.-Col. A. V. Colburn, additional aidede-camp and captain, Adj. General's department; Lieut.-Col. N. B. Sweitzer, additional aide-de-camp and captain, 1st United States cavalry; Lieut.-Col. Edward McK. Hudson, additional aide-de-camp and captain 14th United States infantry; Lieut.Col. Paul Von Radowitz, additional aidede-camp; Major H. Von Hammerstein, additional aide-de-camp; Major W. W. Russell, United States marine corps; Major F. LeCompte, of the Swiss army, volunteer aide-de-camp; Capts. Joseph Kirkland, Arthur McClellan, L. P. D'Orleans, R. D'Orleans M. T. McMahon, William P. Mason, jr., William F. Biddle, and E. A. Raymond, additional aides-de-camp.

the command of the army of the Potomac. All of these officers served me with great gallantry and devotion; they were ever ready to execute any service, no matter how dangerous, difficult, or fatiguing.

ENGINEERS.

When I assumed command of the army of the Potomac I found Maj. J. G. Barnard, United States engineers, subsequently brigadier general of volunteers, occuyping the position of chief engineer of that army. I continued him in the same office, and at once gave the necessary instructions for the completion of the defences of the capital, and for the entire reorganization of the department.

Under his direction the entire system of defences was carried into execution. This was completed before the army departed for Fort Monroe, and is a sufficient evidence of the skill of the engineers and the diligent labor of the troops.

For some months after the organization of the army of the Potomac was commenced there were no engineer troops with it. At length, however, three companies were assigned. Under the skilful management of Capt. J. C. Duane, United States engineers, these new companies rapidly became efficient, and, as will be seen, rendered most valuable service during the ensuing campaigns

The nuinber of engineer troops being entirely inadequate to the necessities of the army, an effort was made to partially remedy this defect by detailing the 15th and 50th New York volunteers, which contained many sailors and mechanics, as engineer troops. They were first placed under the immediate superintendence of Lieut.-Col. B. S. Alexander, United States engineers, by whom they were instructed in the duties of pontoniers, and became somewhat familiar with those of sappers and miners. Previous to the movement of the army for the Peninsula this brigade was placed under the command of Brig.Gen. D. P. Woodbury, major United States engineers.

The labor of preparing the engineer and bridge trains devolved chiefly upon Capt. Duane, who was instructed to procure the new model French bridge train, as I was satisfied that the India-rubber pontoon was entirely useless for the general purposes of a campaign.

To this number I am tempted to add the Prince de Joinville, who constantly accompanied me through the trying campaign of the Peninsula, and frequently rendered important services. Of these officers Capt. McMahon was assigned to the personal staff of Brig.-Gen. Franklin, and Capts. Kirkland and Mason to that of Brig.-Gen. F. J. Porter during the siege of Yorktown. They remained subsequently with those general officers. Major LeCompte left the army during the siege of Yorktown; Cols. Gantt and Astor, Major Russell, Capts. L. P. D'Orleans, R. D'Orleans, and Raymond at the close of the Peninsula campaign. Before its termina- Brig.-Gen J. G. Barnard, chief engineer; tion Capts. W. S. Abert and Charles R. First Lieut. H. C. Abbott, topographical Lowell, of the 6th United States cavalry, engineers, aide-de-camp, Brigade volunjoined my staff as aides-de-camp, and re-teer engineers, Brig.-Gen. Woodbury com

The engineer department presented the following complete organization when the army moved for the Peninsula:

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