Title	Corps of Engineers order
Description	A handwritten circular order from the Department of the Cumberland on the composition of the newly approved Engineer regiment.
Historical note	Corps of Engineers duties included planning and erecting defenses, construction and destruction of roads and bridges, placing and removing obstructions, conducting topographical surveys during campaigns, reconnoitering enemy works, and preparing and distributing accurate maps.
Date	1864 June 20
Creator	United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Place	Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Transcript	Head-Quarters Department of the Cumberland, Office of Chief Engineer Chattanooga Tenn. June 20th 1864 Circular To officers Comdg. Troops doing duty as Engineers or Pioneers. The act of Congress lately passed authorizing the raising of an Engineer regiment permits the enlistment of all men who are or have been doing duty as Engineers, Pontoniers, or Pioneers. The original act sent to Washington was drafted by me and limited the men to be enlisted to present and former members of the Pioneeer Brigade. The act as passed was re-written in Washington and was not seen by me until after it had passed both houses and became a law. It would be manifestly unjust to insist upon the use of the full authority conferred by the law and therefore I have instructed all recruiting officers to decline enlisting any men from the Michigan Engineers, the 58th Indiana, or the Engineer Brigade who are not ex-Pioneers. As it would be legal, however, to do so I have authorized them to enlist other than ex-Pioneers on the written consent of regimental commanders. Wm E. Herrill Capt. & Chief Engn Colonel Buell 58th Mo Vols
Collection name	Buell-Brien Papers, 1805- 1943
Collection finding aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/buell-brien-papers-1805-1943
Accession number	267
Subjects - LCSH	Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- War Dept -- Corps of Engineers; Military Orders
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	35074
Microfilm number	829
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	Image/jpeg
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