KNOXVILLE, September 21, 1864.

Brigadier-General GILLEM

Bulls' Gap:

I am advised by the commissioners who met the rebels at Greenville that according to their arrangement to more citizens should be arrested in East Tennessee by either side for mere political offenses before their next meeting, on the 1st of October. As I am most anxious to secure the release of Union citizens, will you please direct you command to abstain from any further arrests that would be in violation of above agreement.

S. P. CARTER,

Brigadier General and Provost-Marshal-General of East Tennessee.

BULL'S GAP, TENN., September 22, 1864-3. 50 p. m.

General BURBRIDGE:

The enemy attacked the forces at this place this morning, and were repulsed. They are now visible on our flank. It is General Ammen's and my opinion that all their available force is here.

ALVAN C. GILLEM,

Brigadier-General.

BULL'S GAP, TENN., September 22, 1864-4 p. m.

General BURBRIDGE;

After attacking Abingdon, come down to Holston and we will destroy the force in East Tennessee. Vaughn is in my front with all his available force.

ALVAN C. GILLEM,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,
September 22, 1864.

Major-General SHERMAN:

A deserter reports that a bridge is laid seven miles from Newman; that a DIVISION of cavalry has gone to Blue Mountain to meet Wheeler. Blue Mountain is perhaps twenty miles north of Talladega, on the Selma and Talladega Railroad. Thinks the infantry will not cross. Infantry, three corps, encamped on the WEST Point railroad.

O. O. HOWARD,

Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. AND ARMY OF THE TENN., Numbers 214.
East Point, Ga., September 22, 1864.

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XVIII. The troops composing the garrison at Rome, Ga., in command of Brigadier General William Vandever, is hereby designated as a separate brigade for the purposes set forth in General Orders, Numbers 251, War Department, current series.

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XV. The First DIVISION, Seventeenth Army Corps, together with all the troops on the MISSISSIPPI River, except the cavalry and the regi-