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Nashville, October 9, 1864.

(Received 12.35 p. m.)

Brigadier General D. C. McCALLUM:

Knoxville and Bristol Railroad now open and trains running to Bull's Gap, fifty-six miles from Knoxville. Atlanta road badly damaged by high water, which has carried away many bridges. They will be repaired in a few days.

A. ANDERSON,

General Superintendent.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 181.
Nashville, Tenn., October 10, 1864.

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5. Captain L. Carper, assistant adjutant-general, U. S. Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with the Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, and assigned to duty in the adjutant-general's department, at headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, Nashville, Tenn. This order to take effect from October 1, 1864.

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By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:

R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 182.
Nashville, Tenn., October 11, 1864.

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4. The One hundred and seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel A. T. Wilcox commanding, having reported at these headquarters, is assigned to duty at the post of Nashville. Colonel Wilcox will report with his regiment to Brigadier General John F. Miller, commanding.

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By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:

R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 183.
Nashville, Tenn., October 12, 1864.

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2. The One hundred and seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel H. H. Sage commanding, having reported at these headquarters, is assigned to duty at the post of Nashville. Colonel Sage will report with his regiment to Brigadier General John F. Miller, commanding.

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By order of Major General W. T. Sherman:

R. W. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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CHATTANOOGA, October 13, 1864.

(Received 9.05 p. m.)

General D. C. McCALLUM:

The erection of permanent bridges I regard as absolutely necessary for keeping open the line of communication between here and Atlanta


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