TUSCUMBIA, ALA., November 15, 1864 - 7 p. m.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond:

General Taylor reports Federals going up Mississippi from Vicksburg and points below. General Gardner reports a movement from Memphis expected. Press dispatches report part of A. J. Smith's forces having arrived at Paducah. I shall leave in the morning to inspect and hurry up defenses of Corinth.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

TUSCUMBIA, November 15, 1864 - 8 a. m.

Colonel LOCKETT,

Chief Engineer, Corinth:

Whenever defenses of Corinth are ready for armament, apply at once to General Hood for guns and artillerists. General Smith has been instructed to same effect.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

TUSCUMBIA, November 15, 1864 - 8 a. m.

Major E. WILLIS,

Corinth, Miss.:

Await my arrival at Corinth.

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G. T. BEAUREGARD.

TUSCUMBIA, November 15, 1864 - 8.30 a. m.

Major E. WILLIS,

Chief Quartermaster, Corinth, Miss.:

To prevent confusion be careful not to disturb supplies ordered by or already turned over to chief quartermaster or commissary of the army.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

CORINTH, November 15, 1864.

General G. T. BEAUREGARD:

Countermanded no order of Major Ayer or Moore, but, on the contrary, ordered corn up from Mobile and Ohio road before I went up and forwarded.

E. WILLIS,

Chief Quartermaster.

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE WEST,
Tuscumbia, Ala., November 15, 1864.

General J. B. HOOD,

Commanding, & c., Florence:

GENERAL: In consequence of the reported arrival at Paducah of a part of General A. J. Smith's forces, which, taken in connection with General Canby's arrival at Memphis, may indicate ulterior offensive operations in West Tennessee or North Mississippi, I shall repair in