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Chap.XII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - CONFEDERATE.

an onward movement towards those who threaten invasion. I have been unfortunate in having no brigade quartermaster until within a few days, and he has now gone to Richmond to give bond and get funds. Transportation being inadequate, our subsistence supplies have been retarded, but we are now getting them up.

I would be pleased to know how I can best co-operate with General Buckner's movements. I have five infantry regiments, ten cavalry companies, and an artillery company of six 6-pounders here.

Very respectfully,

F. K. ZOLLICOFFER, Brigadier-General.

Abstract from report of Brigadier-General Zollicoffer's command at Camp Buckner, near Cumberland Ford, Kentucky, September 24, 1861.

Commands. Â³Total pre- Â³Aggregate Â³Aggregate

Â³sent fit for Â³present. Â³present and

Â³duty. Â³ Â³absent. Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ INFANTRY REGIMENTS. Â³ Â³ Â³

Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Fifteenth Â³ 630 Â³ 912 Â³1,043

Mississippi Â³ Â³ Â³

(Statham) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Eleventh Tennessee Â³ 658 Â³ 725 Â³ 892

(Rains) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Seventeenth Â³ 463 Â³ 731 Â³ 972

Tennessee (Newman) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Nineteenth Tennessee Â³ 616 Â³ 812 Â³ 951

(Cummings) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Twentieth Tennessee Â³ 505 Â³ 676 Â³ 916

(Battle) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ CAVALRY BATTALIONS. Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ First Tennessee Â³ 191 Â³ 199 Â³ 236

(McNairy) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Second Tennessee Â³ 214 Â³ 248 Â³ 312

(Branner) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Third Tennessee Â³ 176 Â³ 178 Â³ 188

(Brazelton) Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ ARTILLERY. Â³ Â³ Â³ Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Rutledge's battery Â³ 96 Â³ 97 Â³ 108 Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã…Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„Ã„ Total Â³3,549 Â³4,578 Â³5,618

REMARKS. - There is at Knoxville, East Tenn., in my command, the Fifteenth Alabama, numbering 900 men, of which only 300 are fit for duty. Colonel Churchwell's regiment, numbering 790 men, totally unarmed. Half of Lieutenant-Colonel Branner's battalion of cavalry, numbering about 250 men; two companies of McNairy's battalion, numbering 160 men; McClellan's cavalry battalion; and at the various railroad bridges the unorganized Fourth East Tennessee Regiment, totally unarmed. Also an independent cavalry company at Camp McGinnis, Middle Tennessee, 90 men. In all, about 3,600 men in East Tennessee, armed and unarmed.

WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., Richmond, September 25, 1861.

Major General LEONIDAS POLK, Columbus, Ky.:

SIR: The adjutant-general has referred to the Secretary of War your letter of the 17th instant, in relation to troops for local defense. This Department will accept, under the provisions of the act of 21st August, 1861, entitled "An act to provide for local defense and special service," all volunteer forces that you may desire to organize under its terms, with the sole condition that the forces thus mustered into our service are to arm and equip themselves.