GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 12. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Washington, January 31, 1865. 
The Military Department of North Carolina is hereby constituted to 
consist of the State of North Carolina, which is detached from the 
Department of the South. Major General Schofield is assigned to 
the command. 
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.