Major-General P. H. Sheridan will at once turn over his present command to the officer next in rank to himself, and, proceeding without delay to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will relieve Major-General Hancock of the command of the Department of the Missouri.
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Until further orders from the President, you will assign no officer to the permanent command of the Military Division of the Missouri.
The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned authority.
You here admit that from the very beginning of what you term 'the whole history' of your connection with Mr. Stanton's suspension you intended to circumvent the President.
You knew it was the President's purpose to prevent Mr. Stanton from resuming the office of Secretary of War, and you intended to defeat that purpose.
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