HEADQUARTERS POST OF MURFREESBOROUGH,
Murfreesborough, Tenn., December 2, 1864.

Lieutenant JOHN DEUBLE,

115th Ohio Volunteers:

SIR: Major-General Rousseau directs that you take up the garrisons at Christian and Fosterville, and move with them to garrison Normandy and Duck Creek trestle block-houses; the latter beyond Tullahoma. You will take with you your supplies of rations and ammunition, and the telegraph operator at Fosterville or Christiana, who will remain at your headquarters. Move down to the places indicated, on the train, taking this dispatch, as promptly as possible, and after getting located send the train to this place. If the block-houses are unfinished, put them in as good shape as possible.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

E. A. OTIS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

CLARKSVILLE, December 2, 1864.

Brigadier General W. D. WHIPPLE,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

A transport with troops passed up last night.

A. A. SMITH,

Colonel, Commanding.

CLARKSVILLE, December 2, 1864.

(Received 3 p. m.)

Brigadier-General WHIPPLE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

Two transports have just passed up with troops.

A. A. SMITH,

Colonel, Commanding.

KNOXVILLE, December 2, 1864.

General WHIPPLE:

Please inform me of the condition of things. A thousand rumors are afloat, and I hardly know how to act. The operator says he has news, but is contraband. Your telegram of yesterday is received. All quiet about here.

GEORGE STONEMAN,

Major-General.

NASHVILLE, December 2, 1864.

(Received 10.15 p. m.)

Major-General STONEMAN,

Knoxville, Tenn.:

The enemy attacked our forces at Franklin with two corps about 4 o'clock on the 30th ultimo. The attack was most persistent and the fighting on both sides desperate. Rebels were repulsed with heavy loss, 4,000. We captured about 600 prisoners and a large number of