GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 34. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant Genesal’s Office, 
Washington, April 4, 1862. 
I..That portion of Virginia and Maryland lying between the 
Mountain Department and the Blue Ridge, shall constitute a Military 
Department to be called the Department of the Shenandoah, and be 
under the command of Major General Banks. 
II-. lhat portion of Virginia east of the Blue Ridge and west of the 
Potomac, and the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad, including 
the District of Columbia and the country between the Potomac and 
Patuxent, shall be a Military District to be called the Department of 
the Rappahannock, and be under the command of Major General 
McDowell. 
By order of the Secretary of War : 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.