HDQRS. FOURTH DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Florence, Ala., October 30, 1863.

Major-General GRANT:

My division, the head of Sherman's column, is here. Your dispatch, via Huntsville, will reach him to-night. Courier reports but few rebels between this and Huntsville.

[HUGH EWING,]

Brigadier-General, Commanding Fourth Division.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington, October 30, 1863-7.15 p. m.

JOHN W. GARRETT,

Baltimore, Md.:

General Augur will have two regiments ready at Washington depot tomorrow morning for transportation to Cincinnati, and thence to Eastport, Miss. The third regiment will be ready as soon as these two are disposed of.

H. W. HALLECK,

General-in-Chief.

OFFICE CHIEF Q. M., DEPOT OF WASHINGTON,

Washington, D. C., October 30, 1863.

Colonel THOMAS SWORDS,

Assistant Quartermaster-General, Cincinnati, Ohio:

I am directed by the General-in-Chief to inform you that tomorrow, or the next day thereafter, a body of troops, numbering about 2,200, will leave this point by rail, via Cincinnati, to Eastport, Miss. If the Tennessee River is sufficiently high they are to be sent to the point of their destination by water, and if not, they will be landed at Cairo, and proceed thence by rail. Please have the boats in readiness, and make such other arrangements as you may deem to be necessary. Please answer.

D. H. RUCKER,

Brigadier-General, and Quartermaster.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington, October 30, 1863-3 p. m.

CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,

Louisville, Ky.:

Three regiments will soon leave here for General Sherman's army. Arrangements have been made for the transportation to Cincinnati. You will arrange for their transportation from Cincinnati to Eastport or Florence, on the Tennessee River. If that river is not navigable they will be sent to Columbus, and thence by rail to Tuscumbia. They will number in all about 2,200. They have no supply trains. General Rucker will notify you of their movements.

H. W. HALLECK,

General-in-Chief.