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514 Series I Volume XLV-II Serial 94 - Franklin - Nashville Part II

Page 514 KY.,SW.VA.,TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N.GA. Chapter LVII.

WAR DEPARTMENT, January 5, 1865.

Captain J. C. VAN DUZER:

[Care of Major General George H. Thomas, Nashville, Tenn.]

The following item is taken from the Richmond papers of to-day:

Hood heard from at last. An official dispatch from General Hood, dated Corinth, December 26, was received at the War Department last night. General Hood states that the army has recrossed the Tennessee River, without material loss since the battle in front of Nashville.

THOMAS T. ECKERT.

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND,

3. Nashville, Tenn., January 5, 1865.

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II. Colonel A. J. Mackay, chief quartermaster, having reported from Chattanooga at these headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel William G. Le Duc is hereby relieved from duty as acting chief quartermaster of the armies in the field in Middle Tennessee, and will resume his duties under Special Orders, 317, War Department, on Board of Examinations for Quartermasters.

III. Brigadier-General Johnson, commanding Sixth Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, will proceed with his command to Pulaski, Tenn., and take post with his headquarters at that place.

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VI. Brigadier General Edward M. McCook, commanding First Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, will proceed with his command, via Pulaski, Tenn., to Eastport, Miss., reporting to Brevet Major-General Wilson at that place.

By command of Major-General Thomas:

HENRY M. CIST,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

NASHVILLE, January 5, 1865. [Received 10 p.m.]

Brigadier General T. J. WOOD,

Huntsville:

Send a brigade to Decatur to re-enforce the garrison of that place. When the corps moves you can withdraw the brigade.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General.

NASHVILLE, January 5, 1865. [Received 10 p.m.]

Brigadier General T. J. WOOD,

Huntsville:

The pontoon train at Elkton has been ordered to report to you as soon as the troops and trains of the Fourth Corps have passed. Please have it repaired, refitted, and prepared to accompany your column on next campaign.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General.


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