One company is on the Raccoon Range. Bragg's headquarters on Mission Ridge. Quite a force of cavalry gone to Decatur, under Roddey. This las not very reliable. I have sent out a foraging party with a strong guard to a field of corn four miles below and on the opposite side of the river.

O. O. HAWARD,

[30.] Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE OHIO, Numbers 43.
October 9, 1863.

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6. Brigadier-General Judah will, with his personal staff, proceed to Lexigton, Ky., and there await further orders.

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By command of Major-General Burnside:

R. H. I. GODDARD,
[30.] Captain and Aide-de-Camp, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General

STEVENSON, October 9, 1863.

Major-General HOWARD:

There can be no objection to sending out foraging parties across the river, provided a sufficient escort accompany them. You are but one march from heavy rebel forces.

JOS. HOOKER,

[30.] Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE, Numbers 278.
Vicksburg, Miss., October 10, 1863.

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4. Brigadier General John D. Stevenson, U. S. Volunteers, will report in person, without delay, to Major General S. A. Hurlbut, commanding Sixteenth Army Corps, at Memphis, Tenn., for duty.

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By order of Major General U. S. Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,
[30.] Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, Numbers 394.
Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12, 1863.

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5. As directed by the General-in-Chief, the commanding officer of the Tenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry will at once proceed with his command, now at Grand Rapids, Mich., to Nashville, Tenn., and report to Major-General Rosecrans for duty. * * *

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By order of Major-General Burnside:

W. P. ANDERSON,

[30.] Assistant Adjutant-General.