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[Indorsement.]
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CAVALRY DIVISION,
November 27, 1864Respectfully forwarded to Major-General Wilson, commanding Cavalry Corps, for his information.
I had before the receipt of this ordered a scout up in direction of Shelbyville.
R. W. JOHNSON,
Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Four Miles East of Columbia, Tenn., November 27, 1864-3 p.m.(Received 4.10 p.m.)
Brigadier-General JOHNSON:
Commanding Sixth Division:
Your dispatch from Colonel Capron is just received. Send a strong party on the Lewisburg road, with orders to satisfy you of the movements of the enemy in that direction, if there are any. Where are Cedar Mills? The party that goes to Lewisburg should get as near Cornersville as practical. Nothing new near Columbia. Have you anything from the direction of Williamsport?
J. H. WILSON,
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CAVALRY DIVISION,
November 27, 1864-3 p.m.Colonel H. CAPRON,
Commanding Brigade:
COLONEL: General Johnson has just received a dispatch from General Schofield, through Major-General Wilson, saying that there are strong [indications] Hood is working eastward, with a view to cross Duck River as near to Columbia as possible. General Johnson desires me to communicate this to you, and to direct you to keep a close watch on the river at all fords from Huey's Mill up to the Lewisburg pike. Communicate any movements of the enemy's forces promptly to these headquarters.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. T. WELLS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. FIRST Brigadier, SIXTH DIV., CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,Hardison's Mill, Tenn., November 27, 1864-3.30 p.m.
Brigadier-General JOHNSON,
Commanding Sixth Division Cavalry, Mil. Div. of the Mississippi:
GENERAL: My scouts on the Shelbyville road have reported that they ran on to a small squad of the enemy, supposed to be Sam. Hardison's guerrilla band. Captain McDonell, in charge of the scouting party, reports that he went out on the Shelbyville road to Chapel
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