[First indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Nashville, Tenn., December 8, 1864.

Respectfully referred to Major General J. H. Wilson, commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, who will cause the within statement to be fully investigated and its truthfulness ascertained.

By command of Major-General Thomas:

ROBT. H. RAMSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Second indorsement.]

HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Edgefield, Tenn., December 8, 1864.

Respectfully referred to Brigadier General R. W. Johnson, commanding Sixth Division, for investigation and report, to be returned with these papers.

By order of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

A. J. ALEXANDER,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Chief of Staff.

[Third indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS,
December 8, 1864-7.20 p.m.

Copy furnished to Colonel Harrison, commanding First Brigade, with directions to send out a sufficient party, in command of a reliable officer, to investigate this report and report as soon as possible.

E. T. WELLS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

U. S. STEAMER SILVER LIKE, December 8, 1864.

Major General GEORGE H. THOMAS,

Commanding Army of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn.:

GENERAL: The gun-boats Brilliant and Springfield have just returned from up river. There is no force on the river between this point and Carthage. Breckinridge is reported at Sparta with about 3,000 men, though with what reliability we cannot say.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. A. GLASSFORD,

Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, U. S. Navy.

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY CORPS, December 8, 1864-10.30 a.m.

General WHIPPLE:

Dispatch* just received. Will be in immediately.

TH. J. WOOD,
Brigadier-General of Volunteers.

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*See Ramsey to Schofield, p.103.

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