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1175 Series I Volume XLV-I Serial 93 - Franklin - Nashville Part I

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO, Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864.

Brigadier General J. A. COOPER,
Commanding First Brigadier Second Div., Twenty-third Army Corps:

GENERAL: The commanding general directs me to inform you that he has been informed by General Thomas that you have been ordered to Nashville, via Widow Dean's ford, on the Harpeth. The ford is not designated on any map here, but the commanding general desires you to push forward from your present position by the most practicable road. Look out for Forrest on your right, and do not permit your command to be captured by cavalry, if you can possibly avoid it. Report from Nashville for further orders.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Nashville, Tenn., November 30, 1864.

Brigadier General JOHN McARTHUR,
Commanding First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps:

The major-general commanding directs that you debark your command, and everything pertaining to it, at this point, and hold them in readiness to march immediately to camp. A guide will be sent you.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. HOUGH,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Same to Colonel J. B. Moore, commanding brigade, Seventeenth Army Corps.]


HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Nashville, Tenn., November 30, 1864.

Brigadier General J. McARTHUR,
Commanding First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps:

GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs me to say that you will not permit either officers or men of your command ot visit the city to-morrow without passes from division headquarters.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. HOUGH,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

OFFICE OF ACTING ASSISTANT INSPECTOR-GENERAL, FIRST BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, 16TH ARMY CORPS, On Board Steamer America, November 30, 1864.

Lieutenant RICHARD REES,

Actg. Asst. Insp. General, Third Div., Sixteenth Army Corps:

LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report that the troops of this command embarked on steamers at Saint Louis, Mo., on the 24th instant, under orders to report at Cairo, Ill., and at that place, which was reached on the 27th, were ordered to proceed to Nashville, Tenn. The One hundred and nineteenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers is commanded


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