GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 209. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, December 17, 1862. 
By direction of the President, “General Orders,” No. 190, dated 
“Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp near Falmouth, Virginia, 
December 2, 1862,” dismissing—“ subject to the approval of the 
President of the United States”—Captain George Johnston, 3d l enn- 
sylvania Cavalry, for permitting his picket to be surprised and cap- 
tured, is hereby confirmed. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General.