MONTGOMERY, ALA., January 1, 1865.

Major General H. COBB,

Macon:

General Beauregard directs that the railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga be thoroughly destroyed.

GEO. WM. BRENT,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

MONTGOMERY, ALA., January 1, 1865.

Lieutenant General R. TAYLOR,

Meridian:

General Beauregard leaves Charleston to-day for this place.

GEO. WM. BRENT,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

RICHMOND, VA., January 2, 1865.

General G. T. BEAUREGARD,

Montgomery, Ala.:

Yours of 31st of December received. If you find it necessary to make the change suggested, you are authorized to employ General Taylor as proposed.

JEFF'N DAVIS.

CHARLESTON, January 2, 1865. (Received 12 o'clock.)

General COOPER:

The Federal raiders are reported to have retired from the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, going westward; they left forty wounded. General Gholson badly wounded. The damage to the road will be repaired in about ten days. No report from General Hood since December 3. I leave to-day for the West.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

[JANUARY 2, 1865.-For Hardee to Cooper, in relation to line of division between the commands of Generals Beauregard and Hardee, see Vol. XLVII.]

CONFIDENTIAL.] CORINTH, January 2, 1865.

Lieutenant-General STEWART:

As soon as you can cook three days' bread rations continue the march of your troops to Tupelo, but send all your wheels that can be spared from your troops, including those of your artillery, direct to Columbus, Miss. Let a staff officer move with them, and report to Major-General Elzey upon arriving at Columbus. When you get to Tupelo you will probably move to West Point.

J. B. HOOD,

General.

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