CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISS.,

In the Field, December 27, 1864.

Commanders of divisions and detached brigades will immediately send a sufficient detail back to the supply train to bring forward five days' rations for their respective commands. If possible, a portion of these rations should be brought forward in wagons, after they have been lightened by the detail. Arrangements should be made to bring bread in sacks, and boxes should not be carried on horses, except in extreme cases. This will be promptly attended to, and these headquarters will be notified when the rations are issued to the men.

By order of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

A. J. ALEXANDER,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff

SPECIAL
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,

FIELD ORDERS
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Numbers 15.
Pinhook Town, December 27, 1864.

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II. The Cavalry Corps will move to-morrow morning at 5 o'clock promptly, in the order in which they are now encamped, viz: First, Hammond; second, Hatch; third, Croxton; fourth, Harrison.

By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

E. B. BEAUMONT,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. FIRST BRIGADE, FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION,
Sugar Creek, December 27, 1864.

Lieutenant-Colonel ALEXANDER,

Chief of Staff, Cavalry Corps:

COLONEL: The following dispatch has just been received from the officer commanding the scouting party I sent out on the Rogersville road this morning:

ANDERSON'S CREEK, December 27, 1864.

Captain W. A. SUTHERLAND,

Assistant Adjutant-General, First Brigade:

CAPTAIN: I have reached Anderson's Creek. Citizens say there were from 200 to 400 rebels passed this road yesterday about 2 o'clock; a great many wounded were along. They were going to cross the river at Lamb's Ferry or Bainbridge.

Respectfully,

J. E. COLVILLE,

Captain, First Tennessee Cavalry.

The orderly who brought the dispatch did not know whether they were cavalry or infantry.

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

JOHN T. CROXTON,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.