to West Point, Guntersville, and Corinth, commencing near as practicable to enemy's lines along Tennessee River. Those roads which cannot be examined must be located from best information obtained.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

TUPELO, MISS., January 18, 1865.

Captain R. T. BEAUREGARD,

Columbus, Miss.:

I propose leaving here to-morrow for Montgomery, via Mobile.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

TUPELO, MISS., January 18, 1865.

His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS:

General Taylor will arrive to-morrow, and I will leave soon after for Richmond. Please consider the property of my going west of the Mississippi River. I would like it; I think I can be of more service there than east of the river.

J. B. HOOD,

General.

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE WEST,
Tupelo, Miss., January 18, 1865.

General J. B. HOOD,

Commanding Army of Tennessee:

GENERAL: General Beauregard directs that you will hold Lee's corps in readiness to move as soon as necessary preparations can be made for its transportation, and that you will cause it to be thoroughly equipped for the field as soon as practicable.

He also directs that you will cause a battalion of three light batteries of Napoleons, composed, if practicable, of South Carolina and Georgia companies, thoroughly equipped for the field, to proceed to Macon, General, (under a good field officer), as soon as they an be equipped, and there await further orders.

They will take steamer at Columbus for Montgomery, Ala. The filed transportation of the above-named troops shall accompany them.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

HENRY BRYAN,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE WEST,
Tupelo, Miss., January 18, 1865.

General J. B. HOOD,

Commanding Army of Tennessee:

GENERAL: Understanding that the transportation of Lee's corps will be ready in the morning I desire the movement of Lee's corps from here to Augusta, via Montgomery, Macon, and Milledgeville, should commence as soon as practicable. The troops should leave here