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Page 882 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA. Chapter LI.

PALMETTO, September 28, 1864.

Major General H. COBB,

Macon, Ga., and Montgomery, Ala.:

You have been this day assigned to the command of a district which will embrace all the posts in the State of Georgia. I have so informed by telegraph the commandants at Macon, Columbus, and Augusta, that you may take immediate control.

J. B. HOOD,

General.

PALMETTO, September 28, 1864.

Brigadier General M. J. WRIGHT,

Commanding at Macon:

Major General Howell Cobb has been this day assigned to command a district which will embrace your post. You will report directly to him in future. General Cobb's headquarters will be at Macon.

J. B. HOOD,

General.

(Same to General Fry, Augusta, and Colonel Von Zinken, Columbus)

PALMETTO, September 28, 1864.

Brigadier General D. W. ADAMS,

Selma, Ala.:

General Hood desires your headquarters to be at Talladega, Ala., and wishes to know if you have any infantry under your command.

A. P. MASON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

PANOLA, MISS., September 28, 1864.

Lieutenant-General TAYLOR,

Selma, Ala.:

Hill's regiment of militia was withdrawn from Corinth without my knowledge. I have no force on that road, and have asked Governor Clark to receive General Forrest's prisoners.

JAS. R. CHALMERS.

Brigadier-General.

PANOLA, MISS., September 28, 1864.

Honorable CHARLES CLARK,

Governor. &c., Macon, Miss.:

Please order some militia to receive at Cherokee, or where they may be delivered, the prisoners captured by General Forrest. I thought Hill's regiment was at Corinth, and have no force on that road to receive prisoners.

JAS. R. CHALMERS,

Brigadier-General.


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