GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 7. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Savannah, Georgia, 
January 12, 1865. 
The limits of the Department of the South are extended so as to 
embrace the State of North Carolina. The Headquarters will remain 
at Hilton Head. The Department will, until further instructions, be 
subject to the orders and control of Major General Sherman. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.