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165 Series I Volume XLV-II Serial 94 - Franklin - Nashville Part II

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guns; Redoubt Coolidge, two 3-inch Rodman guns and two 12-pounder howitzers; Cameron Hill, fourth 100-pounder Parrott guns; Redoubt Carpenter, two 100-pounder Parrott guns, two 3-inch Rodman guns, and two light 12-pounder guns.

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By command of Major-General Thomas:

S. HOFFMAN,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

TUNNEL HILL, December 12, 1864.

Captain H. A. FORD:

There are thirty-three men at Graysville bridge and twenty-four at Graysville.

M. G. HAMILL,

Commanding.

By W. T. BENNETT,

Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Quartermaster.

BEAN'S STATION, December 12, 1864.

General SCHOFIELD:

Supply train will be up to-day. Arms and ammunition and subsistence will be issued to-night. All wagons will be left here in charge of infantry at this post. Infantry will be up early to-morrow. I leave with cavalry of Burbridge and Gillem to-morrow morning at daylight; we go via Rogersville and Kingsport, and hope to strike Bristol day after to-morrow night. Roads are quite heavy, but hope we can make it in time to cut enemy's train. Have sent a force to occupy pass into North Carolina. Hope you will hear good account of us.

GEO. STONEMAN,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO,
Louisville, Ky., December 12, 1864.

Major-General STONEMAN,

Knoxville, Tenn.:

Telegram from General Thomas says the rebel General Lyon has crossed the river below Clarksville and is moving on Bowling Green. He is reported at Hopkinsville, with about 2,000 men. A loyal citizen reports to Colonel Fairleigh that he was in Breckinridge's camp at Sparta, Tenn., a few days since. He says he saw about 5,000 men. Have you heard of any force being at Sparta?

G. M. BASCOM,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, December 12, 1864.

(Via Cumberland Gap.)

Bvt. Major General S. B. BURGRIDGE,

Bean's Station:

An energetic post commander, who will stay at his post and attend to his duties, is needed at Camp Nelson. I would suggest that General


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