CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

PETERSBURG, November 14, 1864.

Honorable SECRETARY OF WAR:

General Breckinridge reports that on the evening of the 11th he drove the enemy from Lick Creek into Bull's Gap, and the next morning forced them back a mile and captured a line of works, but was unable to expel them from the gap. Hee reoccupied the position held in the morning without molestation. Our loss slight. On the night of the 11th Major Tool attacked the enemy near Morristown, captured fifty prisoners, and burned a train loaded with commissary stores and nine wagons.*

R. E. LEE.

TUSCUMBIA, ALA., November 14, 1864.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:

General Maury reports that a member of the Signal Corps who knows cipher key word and signals has gone into Memphis.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

CIRCULAR.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE,

In the Field, November 14, 1864.

On application to J. Coffee Simpson, C. S. depositary, at Mr. Harkins' store, southeast corner of the square, in Florence, the soldiers of this army can dispose of all old issue of Confederate notes either for 4 per cent. bonds or new issue. Brigadier-General Jackson is authorized to designate such officers as he may see fit to effect the above exchange for his command.

By command of General Hood:

A. P. MASON,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

JONESBOROUGH, GA., November 14, 1864.

General J. B. HOOD:

Sherman, with Fifteenth and Twentieth Corps and Kilpatrick's cavalry, is in Atlanta. Prisoners and citizens say camp rumors are that they will march to Augusta and Savannah. Scouts and prisoners report Sherman destroying railroad from Atlanta to Allatoona.

J. WHEELER,

Major-General.

NEAR ATLANTA, November 14, 1864.

General J. H. CLANTON,

Blue Mountain:

The enemy's cavalry may move through Carrollton toward West Point and Montgomery Railroad. Keep it well watched.

J. WHEELER,

Major-General.

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* For reports of these operations, see Vol. XXXIX, Part I, p. 885.

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