GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 71. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Washington, April 19, 1865. 
1.. By direction of the President, the Department of Virginia, and 
such parts of North Carolina as may not be occupied by the command 
of Major General Sherman, and including the Army of the Potomac, 
will constitute the Military Division of the James. 
11.. Major General H. W. Halleck, U. S. Army, is assigned to the 
command of the Military Division of the James. 
111.. General Orders, No. 65, current series, is hereby revoked. 
Bv ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.