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front as Monticello. They are instructed, in the event of a raid toward Milledgeville, to notify you or Governor Brown at Milledgeville.

HOWELL COBB,

Major-General.

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ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, Milledgeville, September 6, 1864.

Major F. W. CAPERS,

Commandant Post, Milledgeville:

MAJOR: As commandant of the post you will take direction of the defenses of Milledgeville, indicating to Captain Fay, the engineer, such changes in his plans as the new condition of affairs, owing to the fall of Atlanta, may render necessary.

Captain Fay was defending the city against a cavalry raid. We may be called on to meet a heavier and more deliberate attack. * * *

Very truly, yours,

HENRY C. WAYNE,

Adjutant and Inspector General.

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