GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 27. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Washington, May 28, 1861. 
So much of the State of Kentucky as lies within a hundred miles 
of the Ohio river will constitute the new Military Department of 
Kentucky, under Colonel Robert Anderson, D. S. A. Headquar- 
ters, for the present, Louisville, Ky. 
By order: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.