(JKXERAIi ORDERS, 
No. 248. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
adjutant general’s office, 
Washington, August 30, 1864. 
Major-General D. Hunter is relieved from command of the 
Department of AVest Virginia, and Brevet Major-General George 
Crook is assigned to the command in his place. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.