NASHVILLE, November 30, 1864-7.30 p.m.

Colonel C. R. THOMPSON,

Waverly:

I dispatched you this afternoon an order to take your command, wagon train, and beef-cattle to Clarksville, and not to attempt to come this way, requesting you to answer. Why have you not done so, acknowledging receipt of my dispatch? Answer at once.

GEO. H. THOMAS,

Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

NASHVILLE, November 30, 1864.

Captain MONTANDON,

Waverly:

Go from Waverly to Clarksville, and cross the river there.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

NASHVILLE, November 30, 1864.

Colonel THOMPSON,

Waverly or Johnsonville:

Captain Montandon has been ordered from Waverly to Clarksville, and you will cover his march. Report your arrival at Clarksville.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

Not sent. Line abandoned above date.

D. H.

NASHVILLE, November 30, 1864.

Lieutenant Colonel W. R. SELLON,

Kingston Springs:

Send a mounted party at once, on receipt of this, to Centerville, with this order to General Cooper, stationed there:

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Nashville, November 30, 1864.

Brigadier-General COOPER,
Centerville:

Upon receipt of this march your command at once to Clarksville, and without delay, unless your received my dispatch of the 28th and have started for Nashville.

GEO. H. THOMAS,

Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

KINGSTON SPRINGS, November 30, 1864.

Major-General THOMAS:

Captain Everett, with my mounted companies, has just returned from a four days' scout. He has been from within eight miles of Franklin to eighteen miles of Centerville, covering the ground between Duck River