March 28, 1868
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE
By direction of the President of the United States, Major-General W. S. Hancock is relieved from command of the Fifth Military District and assigned to command of the Military Division of the Atlantic, created by General Orders, No. 10, of February 12, 1868.
By command of General Grant:
E, D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Andrew Johnson, Executive Order—General Orders: 17 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202962