front have gone? I understand, unofficially, they turned off to the westward a few miles this side of Spring Place. Please answer by the bearer.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. H. WILSON,

Brevet Major-General.

HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL., DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Four Miles East of Columbia, Tenn., November 27, 1864-7.15 p.m.

Major J. A. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Major-General Schofield:

General Hatch needs 60,000 rounds of Sharps carbine ammunition. I have sent a telegram to Major Beaumont for the ammunition, leaving the place blank. Please designate where it had better to be sent and notify me in return, that I may have a detachment there to get it. General Hatch also needs a supply of 3-inch Rodman ammunition for two guns; can it be got from General Cox? The dispatch ordering a brigade below town has been received. As soon as I learn what has become of Colonel Garrard's regiment I will designate a brigade to march early to-morrow morning. The captured prisoners have not yet reached my headquarters; I will send them forward as soon as they arrive. Please let me know whether the information obtained from them, a copy of which was sent to your headquarters is likely to change the orders already sent me. Lieutenant Tunica will wait for reply.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. H. WILSON,

Brevet Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
November 27, 1864-8.45 p.m.

Bvt. Major General J. H. WILSON:

Commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi:

GENERAL: Yours of 6.30 p.m. is just received. In reply I am directed to inform you that the commanding general has learned this evening that the detachment that went to the lower ford had arrived at the ford and is all right. The inclosed note* will give all the information received at these headquarters as to the whereabouts of the Seventh Ohio, Tenth Tennessee, and Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry. A dispatch from General Thomas of this date says the he sent two cavalry regiments day before yesterday, two yesterday, and will send one to-day, to the front. The commanding general did not give the orders for Colonel Garrard's cavalry to turn off to Rally Hill.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Duck River, November 27, 1864

Bvt. Major General J. H. WILSON,

Commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi:

GENERAL: Your dispatch received. The commanding general says it is all right. He says he thinks a brigade of cavalry had better be

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*Not found.

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