COLUMBIA, December 29, 1864

Brigadier-General WHIPPLE:

The Twenty-third Corps captured twenty-one flags at Franklin, nine of which I now have; none have been captured since. What news from the front?

J. M. SCHOFIELD,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Pulaski, December 29, 1864

Major General J. M. SCHOFIELD,

Commanding Army of the Ohio, Columbia:

GENERAL: The rebel army having been entirely driven across the Tennessee River, the major-general commanding the forces in the field has ordered the pursuit to cease, and directs that you march with the Twenty-third Army Corps to Dalton, via this place and Huntsville, or Fayetteville, encamping the corps at Dalton for the winter, and making such reorganization and refitting as is necessary and preparing generally for an early spring campaign. You will load your wagons at Spring Hill with sufficient to take you Huntsville, where you can replenish.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Columbia, Tenn., December 29, 1864

Commanding OFFICER PONTOON TRAIN, ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND:

SIR: The commanding general directs that you have the pontoon bridges taken up as soon as the trestle bridge is completed, and also that you provide your command with rations and forage, and be prepared to move as soon as you receive orders from Major-General Thomas.

Very respectfully,

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,

FIELD ORDERS,
In the Field, Columbia, Tenn.

Numbers 191.
December 29, 1864.

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VIII. The First Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, is hereby reorganized as follows, under command of Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger, the old First and Second Brigades, broken up by paragraph IX, Special Field Orders, Numbers 79, current series, from these headquarters, being restored:

First Brigade: One hundred and twentieth Indiana, Captain Barcus: One hundred and twenty-fourth Indiana, Colonel Orr; One hundred and twenty-eighth Indiana, Colonel Packard.