You will report for duty to the General-in-Chief, U. S. A., in person for orders.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
Brigadier-General Robert Cowdin, U. S. Volunteers.
On the 30th of September I was sworn into office as Brigadier-General of Volunteers, and immediately assigned to the 2d Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, composed entirely of new troops, which I continued to drill and discipline until the 30th of March, when I was relieved of my command by the following order:—
Headquarters, Abercrombie’s Division,
Arlington House, Va., March 30, 1863.
General Order No. 13.
1. Brigadier-General Robert Cowdin is hereby relieved from the command of the 2d Brigade of this Division. Col. Burr Porter, 40th Mass. Vols., will assume command.
2. In parting with Brigadier-General Cowdin the General commanding the Division desires to compliment him on the efficiency to which the troops under his command have arrived. He feels assured that soldiers so well managed in camp would have been equally well led in the field, where he regrets that he must be deprived of General Cowdin’s valuable services.
By order of Brig.-Gen. Abercrombie.
J. A. SLIPPER, A. A. G.