MERIDIAN, MISS., May 20, 1864.

Major General D. H. MAURY,

Mobile:

It is possible the enemy may attempt a raid on Selma from Rome. Can you spare me, say, 800 men?

S. D. LEE,

Major-General.

MERIDIAN, MISS., May 20, 1864.

Major General D. H. MAURY,

Mobile:

Can you spare me a good company of light artillery for Selma?

S. D. LEE,

Major-General, Commanding Department.

MOBILE, May 21, 1864.

Major General S. D. LEE:

It will be impossible to send you any troops; orders from Richmond to send them elsewhere.

D. H. MAURY,

Major-General, Commanding.

MERIDIAN, MISS., May 21, 1864.

Brigadier-General PILLOW,

Selma, Ala.:

Order Colonel O'Neal to proceed at once with his regiment to Richmond, Va., and report to General Cooper. Order Ball's regiment to Selma. No troops can be got from Mobile.

S. D. LEE,

Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF ALA., MISS., AND E. LA.,

No. 11. Meridian, Miss., May 21, 1864.

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III. Paragraph VIII, Special Orders, No. 130, from these headquarters, assigning Surg. W. C. McCaleb as chief surgeon of brigade, General Chalmer's DIVISION, is hereby revoked.

By command of Major General S. D. Lee:

WM. ELLIOTT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS FORREST'S CAVALRY,
Tupelo, May 21, 1864.

Major General S. D. LEE,

Commanding Department:

GENERAL: According to your verbal instructions, I have been collecting all unattached companies for the purpose of completing organizations, and find, according to the letter of Captain Armstrong,* that in one case my order has clashed with yours. Wishing to avoid anything

*See p. 611.