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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Pulaski, December 27, 1864.Captain E. A. DAVENPORT,
Commissary of Subsistence, Fifth Cavalry Division, Columbia:
Come to this place with your train as rapidly as you can without breaking down your mules.
WM. D. WHIPPLE,
Brigadier-General.
Captain Davenport has left Columbia with his train.
WM. R. PLUM,
Operator.
LEXINGTON, ALA., December 27, 1864-2 p.m.
Major-General WILSON:
The rear guard of Forrest's command passed through here at 10 a.m. under command of General Jackson, C. S. Army. A lady from Florence reports that on the 25th instant the enemy were trying to pontoon the Tennessee River at Bainbridge; reports that they are fortified at Bainbridge to protect crossing at said place; bridge was not completed Sunday evening. Gun-boats were shelling Florence this morning. You can find forage for 2,000 horses at second creek, eight miles from Pinhook. I shall push on as rapidly as possible.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEORGE SPALDING,
Colonel Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry.
DECATUR, December 27, 1864.
Major General GEORGE H. THOMAS:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at the mouth of Limestone Creek, five miles above Decatur; found General Granger there, and the enemy occupying the latter place. Embarked my troops and forced a landing below the mouth of Flint Creek, driving the enemy from and occupying this place at 6 p.m. My loss slight.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES B. STEEDMAN,
Major-General, Commanding.
BRIDGEPORT, December 27, 1864.
Major-General STEEDMAN:
I have a pontoon train here in the river, consisting of seventy-five wooden boats, fully equipped. I am directed by the commanding general to hold the train subject to your orders.
P. O'CONNELL,
Major, Commanding Pontoon Train, First U. S. Vet. Vol. Engineers.
HUNTSVILLE, December 27, 1864.
Major-General STEEDMAN:
My regiment will reach here in half an hour, at 11 a.m. We have been compelled, in consequence of the rise of the creek, to come around its source, crossing the Cumberland Mountain. We have marched
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