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

Page 687 Chapter LVII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.

BRISTOL, December 13, 1864.

General J. C. BRECKINRIDGE:

Following just received:

GREENEVILLE, December 13, 1864.

The enemy is advancing north the Holston; was at Rogersville yesterday at 12 o'clock. General Duke is on that road, and I will keep you posted, but you had better ask General Breckinridge for instructions.

J. C. VAUGHN.

JNO. F. TERRY,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Post.

MONTGOMERY, ALA., December 14, 1864.

General G. T. BEAUREGARD:

(Care General Cobb, Macon, Ga.)

General Taylor this day telegraphs that General Hood has drawn off all the force of Roddey in the direction of Huntdsville. I have telegraphed General Taylor to maintain a sufficient garrison at Corinth and let Roddey execute the orders of General Hood.

GEORGE WM. BRENT,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS, Near Nashville, on Franklin Pike, December 14, 1864.

Brigadier General P. D. RODDEY,
Commanding, &c.:

General Hood directs that, unless the line between Corinth and Tuscumbia, which you are now protecting, is threatened by the enemy, you will join the main army with your command as soon as possible, leaving the regiment at Decatur, as heretofore directed.

A. P. MASON,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS, Near Nashville, on Franklin Pike, December 14, 1864.

Colonel B. J. HILL,
Commanding, &c..

Your dispatches of yesterday have been received. General Hood directs me to inform you that, on the 11th instant, Captain Jordan Hays, commanding battalion of scouts, was ordered to report to you with his command, without delay. Please inform me whether the order has been complied with.

A. P. MASON,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, CHALMERS' DIV., &c.,

December 14, 1864.

Major W. O. KEY,

Quartermaster, Rucker's Brigade:

MAJOR: In foraging for the brigade you must use regimental wagons, and not those belonging to the ordnance and supply trains.

By order of Brigadier-General Chalmers:

WM. BARNEWALL, JR.,

Major and Chief Quartermaster, Chalmers' Division, &c.


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