TUSCUMBIA, ALA., November 14, 1864.

Lieutenant General R. TAYLOR,

Selma, Ala.:

I advise, under present circumstances, General Gardner should transfer his headquarters to Corinth.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

TUSCUMBIA, ALA., November 14, 1864.

Major General D. H. MAURY,

Mobile, Ala.:

Your dispatch of 13th was misread; its contents have been communicated to Richmond. No artillery troops can be spared from Charleston. General Hood says that the artillerists from Macon cannot be spared.

GEORGE WM. BRENT,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

PETERSBURG, November 15, 1864.

Honorable JAMES A. SEDDON,

Secretary of War:

General Breckinridge reports that on thee night of the 13th he turned Bull's Gap, when the enemy attempted to retreat. About 1 o'clock on the 14th, with Vaughn's and Duke's commands, he struck their column and routed it. Several hundred prisoners, 10 stand of colors, 6 pieces of artillery, with caissons and horses complete; 50 loaded wagons, with teams; ambulances, with medical supplies, & c., were captured.

R. E. LEE.

TUSCUMBIA, ALA., November 15, 1864.

General SAMUEL COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:

General Forrest reports that his captured gun-boat being disabled by three of enemy's it became necessary to destroy it and the two transports under convoy up the river; but Forrest subsequently destroyed, as already reported, three gun-boats of enemy.*

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

TUSCUMBIA, ALA., November 15, 1864 - 11 a. m.

(Received 16th.)

General SAMUEL COOPER,

Richmond, Va.:

Weather again bad, and river still high. General Stewart's corps has not yet crossed; it is constructing defenses on the south side whilst awaiting arrival of Forrest's cavalry, which could not cross at Clifton or below, owing to destruction of his two transports and sudden rise in river. His forces will be here on 17th or 18th instant.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

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* For reports of these operations, see Vol. XXXIX, Part I, p. 858.

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