SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMY OF TENNESSEE,

Numbers 161.
In the Field, December 5, 1864.

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II. Colonel James T. Wheeler, First [Sixth] Tennessee Cavalry, and Major J. H. Akin, Ninth Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, will report with their commands to Major General Forrest, commanding cavalry, for temporary duty.

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By command of General Hood:

JAS. COOPER,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

CIRCULAR.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE,

Near Nashville, Tenn., December 5, 1864.

General Hood desires me to inform you that Major General Forrest captured, this morning, the block-house and fort at La Vergne, with some commissary, stores, 100 prisoners, two pieces of artillery, 100 small arms and ammunition, with about 20 wagons and some teams. General Bate has burned three block-houses. General Hood desires that this news be furnished to the troops.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

A. P. MASON,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

Consolidated return of the effective, total, and aggregate present of infantry and cavalry in Stewart's corps, from morning reports of December 5, 1864.

Commands. Effectiv Total. Aggregate

e. present.

Loring's division:

Infantry 2.463 3.652 3.977

Artillery 261 304 319

French's division:

Infantry 1.551 2.261 2.492

Artillery 221 244 259

Walthall's division:

Infantry 1.292 2.335 2.528

Artillery 258 319 321

Grand total 6.046 9.115 9.896

Effective strength of Lee's Army Corps. near Nashville, Tenn., December 5, 1864.

Command. Effective Total Aggregate

present. present. present.

Stevenson's division 2.706 3.713 4.075

Clayton's division 1.944 2.635 2.959

Johnson's division:

Deas' brigade 628 898 981

Manigault's brigade 838 1.115 1.202

Sharp's brigade 532 777 822

Brantly's brigade 363 586 617

Total 2.361 3.376 3.622

Total infantry 7.011 9.724 10.656

Artillery 635 798 835

Grand total 7.646 10.522 11.491

The Fifty-eight North Carolina Regiment at Columbia, and had at last report-effective, 246; total, 311; aggregate, 338.