HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, FORREST'S CAVALRY,
Montevallo, Ala., June 3, 1864.

Brigadier General G. J. PILLOW,

Talladega, Ala.:

GENERAL: I send you a dispatch from General Lee directed to you or myself, which I have read. * You will see that General Lee wishes any DIVISION to be here and ready to move at a moment's notice. I presume that MISSISSIPPI is threatened, and the removal of General Forrest makes the presence of my command there necessary. I hope you will send the order to Colonel Neely to return at once, so that he will not travel farther than necessary; he is to-night at Munford.

I am, general, &c., your obedient servant,

JAS. R. CHALMERS,

Brigadier-General.

MOBILE, June 3, 1864.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General:

Farragut is off the bar with a large fleet of sixteen heavy ships. The captain of Tennessee thinks Farragut will run in. All efforts to obstruct the channel effectually have failed.

D. H. MAURY,

Major-General.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VA. AND EAST TENN.,
Glade Spring, Va., June 4, 1864.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:

On the 31st of May Brigadier General W. E. Jones turned over the command of the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee to me. What are the geographical limits of my command?

G. B. CRITTENDEN,

Colonel, Commanding Dept. of Western Virginia and East Tennessee.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VA. AND EAST TENN.,
Glade Spring, June 4, 1864.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:

SIR: The command of the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee having accidentally devolved upon me, I request that the Government order here an officer in whom it has confidence to relieve me of the command.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. B. CRITTENDEN,

Colonel, C. S. Army, Commanding Dept. of Western Va. and East Tenn.

*See Vol. XXXVIII, Part IV, p. 754.