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the names of Smith Johns and
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Maddox, both notorious characters. Captain Cockrill reports he sent them to the rear, and they attempted to escape from the guard, were fired upon, and killed. Captain Searcy reports that Jessee has crossed the Kentucky River, and is now in Owen County. I respectfully request that the battalion of colored cavalry now near LaGrange be ordered to Owen County in pursuit of Jessee, as the forces I have along the railroad are sufficient for its protection.
Very respectfully,
D. W. LINDSEY,
Inspector and Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION,
MILITARY DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY,
Numbers 24.
Lexington, Ky., December 30, 1864In obedience to Special Orders, Numbers 103, headquarters Military District of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., December 29, 1864, I hereby assume command of First Division, Military District of Kentucky. The following officers are announced as my personal staff: Captain George G. Lott, additional aide-de-camp, Lieutenant W. Lee Osborn, Eleventh Michigan Cavalry, aide-de-camp.
E. H. HOBSON,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
NEW ORLEANS, December 30, 1864.
(Via Cairo, January 7, 1865.)
Major General GEORGE H. THOMAS:
If you contemplate any operations in the direction of Selma, I may be of service by demonstrations from some point on the Gulf. I can spare for this purpose from 15,000 to 20,000 men. Let me know in what way I can aid your operations and I will gladly employ all the force that I can gather up. Your successes have given us great gratification.
E. R. S. CANBY,
Major-General, Commanding.
WASHINGTON, December 1864-10.15 a.m.
Major-General THOMAS,
Pulaski, Tenn.:
General A. J. Smith was nominated, confirmed and commissioned a major-general of volunteers, and accepted his commission the 20th of June. He is full major-general, and not merely brevet. Do you desire any other promotion for him?
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Pulaski, December 31, 1864-5 p.m.Honorable E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.:
Your dispatch of 10.15 this a.m. received. I respectfully recommend that General A. J. Smith be brevetted one grade in the regular service, for his gallantry and good conduct in battle, before Nashville, on the
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