NASHVILLE, November 26, 1864-12 m.

Major General W. S. ROSECRANS,

Saint Louis, Mo.:

Will you please inform me whether General Smith's troops have all embarked and started for this place, and if so when they left. I can hear nothing of them at Paducah. Have you received my dispatch relative to remounting of Winslow's cavalry at Saint Louis? Please answer whether this can be done immediately, so that I can have them here at an early day. I am much in need of all the troops I can get, and await their arrival anxiously.

GEO. H. THOMAS,

Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

SAINT LOUIS, November 26, 1864-8.30 p.m.

Major-General THOMAS:

A. J. Smith left Saint Louis for Paducah the 24th instant; his command are all en route. Winslow's command at Rolla; when they arrive everything will be done to fit them for the field. Have sent you 4,000 men from this department, and will do everything to aid you. All our troops were entirely broken down in the Price raid; Winslow worst of all. Rosecrans temporarily absent.

JOHN V. DU BOIS,

Colonel and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Nashville, November 26, 1864-1.30 p.m.

TELEGRAPH OPERATOR,

Franklin, Tenn.:

Have you heard any artillery firing at Columbia to-day? When will the wires be up between Franklin and Columbia?

GEO. H. THOMAS,

Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

FRANKLIN, November 26, 1864

Major-General THOMAS:

Courier has just arrived, and reports there has been heavy cannonading in vicinity of Columbia since this morning at daylight. We can hear cannonading from this place.

E. J. WILSON,

Telegraph Operator.

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND,

Numbers 324.
Chattanooga, Tenn., November 26, 1864

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