_Washington, D.C., February 12, 1868_.
General U.S. GRANT,
_Commanding Armies of the United States, Washington, D.C._
GENERAL: You will please issue an order creating a military division, to
be called the Military Division of the Atlantic, to be composed of the
Department of the Lakes, the Department of the East, and the Department
of Washington, and to be commanded by Lieutenant-General William T.
Sherman, with his headquarters at Washington.
Until further orders from the President, you will assign no officer to
the permanent command of the Military Division of the Missouri.
Respectfully, yours,