HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CORPS,
Rowden's House, Tennessee, October 28, 1863-1.20 p.m.

Brigadier-General GEARY:

General Hooker direct that you halt your command and await orders at this place (Mr. Rowden's house, at the junction of Kelley's Ferry road and Brown's Ferry and Wauhatchie road).

Very respectfully,

H. W. PERKINS,

Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

OCTOBER 28, 1863-2.45 p.m.

General THOMAS:

The enemy are shelling something up Lookout Valley,and have fired the bridge across Lookout Creek.

WHITAKER,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS SIGNAL CORPS, October 28, 1863-2.50 p.m.

Major-General REYNOLDS,
Chief of Staff:

GENERAL: Officers report that the battery on Lookout Mountain is throwing shells up Lookout Valley in direction of Wauhatchie Junction. My own observations agree with this, as their guns can be seen pointed in that direction.

Respectfully submitted.

JESSE MERRILL,

Captain, and Chief Signal Officer.

(Received 3.25 p.m., October 28, 1863.)

General THOMAS:

The enemy are shelling down the road something upon Lookout Valley, and have fired the bridge across Lookout Creek.

WHITAKER,

Brigadier-General.

BROWN'S FERRY, October 28, 1863-3.45 p.m.

Generals SMITH and THOMAS:

General Hooker's column is coming up from Lookout Valley within a quarter of a mile of our position.

W. B. HAZEN,

Brigadier-General.

SIGNAL STATION, CRANE'S HILL, October 28, 1863-4.15 p.m.

Captain MERRILL:

The rebels have drawn their troops from their right for a mile. I cannot tell the effect of our shots from Fort Dunlap.

FITCH.