GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 50. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, May 2, 1862. 
The Department of Kansas is hereby restored as described in 
“General Orders,” No. 97, of 1861, as follows: To include the 
State of Kansas, the Indian Territory west of Arkansas, and the 
Territories of Nebraska, Colorado, and Dacotah. Headquarters at. 
Fort Leavenworth. 
BY ORDER OF TOE SECRETARY OF WAE I 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Anktant Adjutant General.