GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 211. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Washington, June 15, 1864. 
The following Resolution of Congress is published for the inform- 
ation of all concerned 
A Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Lieutenant’ 
Colonel Joseph Bailey, of the 4th Regiment of Wisconsin Vol- 
unteers. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks 
of Congress be, and they are hereby, tendered to Lieutenant-Colonel 
Joseph Bailey, of the 4th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Acting 
Engineer of the 19th Army Corps, for distinguished services in the 
recent campaign on the Red river, by which the gunboat flotilla 
under Rear Admiral David D. Porter was rescued from imminent 
peril. 
Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the 
United States be requested to cause a copy of this resolution to be 
transmitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Batley. 
Public Resolution.—No. 84. 
Approved June 11, 1864. 
order of the Secretary of War : 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.