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horses. Lieutenant Parther, special inspector of the Cavalry Bureau, is charged with this and will organize the detail. The dismounted men will be organized into a train guard, under a sufficient number of officers, and will be under the immediate control of Captain E. B. Carling, chief quartermaster of the corps.
By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:
A. J. ALEXANDER,
Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant-General and Acting Chief of Staff.
SPECIAL FIELD
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, MILITARYORDERS,
DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Near Columbia, Tenn. Numbers
December 22, 1864.I. Brigadier-General Hatch's division will begin crossing Duck River as soon as the bridge is completed.
II. Brigadier-General Hammond's brigade will follow the Fifth (Hatch's) Division.
III. Brigadier-General Croxton's brigade will follow General Hammond's.
IV. Colonel Harrison's brigade will follow General Croxton's.
V. The Cavalry Corps will go into camp two miles beyond Columbia, upon ground to be designate by the inspector of the Cavalry Corps.
By order of Brevet Major-General Wilson:
E. B. BEAUMONT,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISS., Near Columbia, December 22, 1864.
The order to march to-night is countermanded. The head of General Hatch's column will be at the bridge to cross at 5 to-morrow morning; General Hammond's, at 7 a. m.; General Croxton's, at 8 a. m.; Colonel Harrison's, at 9 a. m.
By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:
E. B. BEAUMONT,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HOPKINSVILLE, KY., December 22, 1864-2 p. m. (Received 4.20 p.m . 23rd.)
Honorable E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
With Watkins' and La Grange's brigades, of my division, I have defeated General Lyon and captured or scattered the force with which he invaded Kentucky, and captured his artillery.
E. M. McCOOK,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, In the Field, Columbia, Tenn., December 22, 1864.
Brigadier General E. M. McCOOK,
Commanding First Division, Cavalry Corps:
GENERAL: As soon as you have broken up Lyon's command, proceed d with your division to join the Cavalry Corps in the field. General
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