ing there he will proceed on to Dalton, should General Palmer have passed through. General Palmer leaves this morning for Dalton via Ringgold, and has five days' supplies with him for General Hazen.

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

P. P. OLDERSHAW,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS,
Chattanooga, September 10, 1863.

Brigadier-General WAGNER:

SIR: The general commanding directs that you rejoin your division and lose no time in reporting in person to Brigadier-General Wood, commanding First Division, for orders.

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

P. P. OLDERSHAW,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION,
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 10, 1863- 1 p.m.

(Received 2.15 a.m., 11th.)

Captain P. P. OLDERSHAW,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Twenty-first Army Corps:

SIR: I have had no report from General Hazen or Colonel Wilder. Have ordered reports from both of them. My brigade is, in the main, across the river.

I am, sir, your most obedient servant,

G. D. WAGNER,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS,
Chattanooga, September 10, 1863-8.45 p.m.

Major-General PALMER,

Commanding Second Division:

SIR: Your dispatches of 7.05 a.m. and 1.45 and 4.20 p.m. are received.* The general commanding directs me to say that he is waiting for further orders from the general commanding department; that he may not get any, but that you will proceed in the morning on your original order, unless you receive counter orders. Unless some change occurs during the night, the general will leave here to join you early in the morning. I send you copy of the latest dispatch from Colonel Wilder. The general hopes that he has, are this, communicated with you. If not, some effort should be made at once to do so, as also with General Hazen. We have heard nothing from General Hazen since his dispatch to you. Of course this order to continue on embraces the three divisions.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

P. P. OLDERSHAW,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

Write to the general on receipt of this, if Wilder has reported.

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*See pp. 516 and 518.

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