ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., March 24, 1863.
Brig. General Ullman, Washington, D. C.
General:—By direction of the Secretary of War, you are hereby authorized to raise a Battalion (six companies) of Louisiana Volunteer Infantry to be used for scouting purposes, to be recruited in that State, and to serve for three years or during the war.
The said force will be organized as prescribed in Paragraph 83, Mustering Regulations.
The recruitment will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the service, and the orders of the War Department, and by the said Department all appointments of officers will be made.
All musters will be made in accordance with the orders given in reference to the troops authorized by the instructions from this office of January 13, 1863.
I am, General Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant,
THOMAS M. VINCENT, Asst. Adjt. General.
In furtherance of the order General Ullman proceeded to New Orleans and assumed command of seven thousand troops already organized. It was said that he had arranged to place 500 white officers in command of the troops in Louisiana.
In October thereafter General Banks issued the following order, which fully explains itself: