INDIANAPOLIS, July 26, 1864.

(Received 10. 40 p. m.)

Captain C. H. POTTER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

The Forty-THIRD and Forty-sixth [Indiana] Volunteers are gathering here, numbering together about 350 men. Governor Morton is very anxious that they remain at present. Guerrillas crossed into Indiana to-day, stealing arms and horses. Unless detained, these regiments move at once.

H. B. CARRINGTON,

Brigadier-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., July 26, 1864.

Brigadier General S. D. STURGIS,

Covington, Ky.:

Your communication of the 18th instant was duly received. I had telegraphed to General Sherman the substance of your previous communication, by the hand of your aide-de-camp, Captain Rawolle, and had received no reply. On report of that of the 18th I sent by the same method its principal points, and have received in reply the telegram of which I now forward a copy. *

I am, very respectfully, your most obedient servant

J. D. WEBSTER,

Brigadier-General.

LEXINGTON, KY., July 27, 1864.

Brig General E. A. PAINE,

Paducah, Ky.:

I will hold a mounted for in readiness WEST of the railroad to move into your vicinity at short notice. I would advise that all boats be removed from the Tennessee River, and from the Ohio between Smithland and Cairo.

S. G. BURBRIDGE,

Brevet Major-General, Commanding.

HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, DISTRICT OF Kentucky,
OFFICE PROVOST-MARSHAL,

Lexington, Ky., July 27, 1864.

Captain J. E. MERRITT,

Commanding Squadron Eleventh Michigan Cavalry:

CAPTAIN; You will proceed with your squadron and two prisoners, Wooten and Woods, to Georgetown, Ky. You will guard them closely, and upon your arrival at Georgetown will order two coffins, not to exceed in price $8, the bill of which will be sent to Captain Thomas D. Fitch, assistant quartermaster, Lexington for payment. After procuring the coffins and making necessary preparations, you will execute the order issued from headquarters District of Kentucky, which is that prisoners R. G. Wooten and William Woods shall be shot to death at

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*See Sherman to Webster, July 25, p. 204.

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