COLUMBIA, TENN., December 27, 1864-5.30 p.m.

General WHIPPLE,

Chief of Staff:

My supply train has started for Pulaski.

J. M. SCHOFIELD,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Pulaski, December 27, 1864.

Major General J. M. SCHOFIELD,

Columbia:

Officers and men from all the corps are to be sent to Washington with captured flags. You will get your order to-night, but the major-general commanding wishes you to keep your men until all are ready and send them all together.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Columbia, Tenn., December 27, 1864.

Brigadier General L. THOMAS,

Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:

GENERAL: I have the honor to forward to the War Department nine stand of colors captured from the enemy by the Twenty-third Army Corps at the battle of Franklin, on the 30th of November, 1864. They are borne by the gallant soldiers who are recognized among their comrades as the actual captors of the flags and as the representatives of the noble regiments to which they belong. The following are the names of the soldiers to whom this special honor is awarded: Captain John H. Brown,* Company D, Twelfth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; Captain George V. Kelley,* Company A, One hundred and fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Corpl. Joseph Davis,* Company C, One hundred and fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Corpl. Newton H. Hall,* Company I, Private John H. Ricksecker,* Company D, Private Abraham Greenwalt,* Company G, Private John C. Gaunt,* Company G, One hundred and fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These flags, with eleven others were captured by Brigadier General J. W. Reilly's brigade (First Brigade, Third Division) along its parapet. They afford, at the same time, evidence of the strength of the enemy's column of attack and of its disastrous repulse.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. M. SCHOFIELD,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Columbia, Tenn., December 27, 1864.

Major General D. N . COUCH,

Commanding Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps:

GENERAL: I am directed by the commanding general to inform you that instructions just received from Major-General Thomas render it unnecessary for you to move any of your command across Duck River.

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*Awarded a Medal of Honor.

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