131 Series I Volume XLV-II Serial 94 - Franklin - Nashville Part II
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CHATTANOOGA, December 10, 1864.
Major-General THOMAS:
Shall I send the pontoon battalion to Nashville by way of Cumberland Gap? They can be there in two weeks.
W. E. MERRILL,
Chief Engineer.
NASHVILLE, December 10, 1864-6 p.m.
Colonel W. E. MERRILL,
Chief Engineer, Dept. of the Cumberland, Chattanooga:
Do not send the pontoon battalion to Nashville:
GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. RESERVE ARTILLERY, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
No. 21. Nashville, Tenn., December 10, 1864.* * * * * * *
V. In accordance with instructions from Major-General Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland, Battery I, First Illinois Artillery, is hereby transferred from the Reserve Artillery, Army of the Lieutenant McCartney, commanding Battery I, First Illinois Artillery, [will,] without unnecessary delay, report for duty with his battery to Bvt. Major General James H. Wilson, commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi.
VI. In accordance with instructions from Major-General Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland, Cogswell's Independent Battery is relieved from duty with the Reserve Artillery, Army of the Tennessee. The commanding officer of Cogswell's Independent Battery will report immediately for duty to Major General A. J. Smith, commanding Detachment Army of the Tennessee.
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By order of Major Fred. Welker:
ED. B. WRIGHT,
First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, December 10, 1864.Major General JOHN M. SCHOFIELD,
Commanding Twenty-third Army Corps:What have you to report this morning concerning the appearance of the enemy's line? Has there been any change, or has anything of interest transpired since last report?
GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.
(Same to Major General A. J. Smith, commanding Detachment Army of the Tennessee; Major General James B. Steedman, commanding District of the Etowah; Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood, commanding Fourth Army Corps.)
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