SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. AND ARMY OF THE TENN.,

Numbers 273. Louisville, Ky., December 4, 1864.

I. Major General John A. Logan, commanding Fifteenth Army Corps, having reported to these headquarters on expiration of his leave of absence, and being unable to join his command on account of the present movement of the army, has permission, at his own request, to visit City Point, Va.

By order of Major General O. O. Howard:

WM. T. CLARK,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1864.

Colonel MAXWELL,

Commanding Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infty., Bowling Green, Ky.:

Come forward at once with your regiment, by rail, to this city and report at these headquarters. The quartermaster's department will furnish transportation.

By order of Major-General Schofield:

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

BOWLING GREEN, December 4, 1864.

General SCHOFIELD:

The Twenty-sixth Kentucky is ordered from this post to Nashville, which leaves this post almost without troops. Can the Twenty-sixth Kentucky remain here?

J. H. GRIDER,

Colonel, Commanding.

HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Edgefield, December 4, 1864-10 p. m.

Major-General THOMAS:

General Hammond reports a force of rebel cavalry at Lebanon, but no evidence of an intention to move to Gallatin further than that indicated by their position.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. H. WILSON,

Brevet Major-General.

HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1864.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY,

Washington, D. C.:

SIR: I have the honor to recommend and request the appointment of the following officers upon the staff of the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi:

Major E. B. Beaumont, assistant adjutant-general, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; First Lieutenant