HEADQUARTERS SIXTH DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS, MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Pulaski, Tenn., February 27, 1865.

Colonel ELISHA MIX,
Eighth Michigan Cavalry:

COLONEL: You will detail a party of twenty-five men of your regiment, in command of an intelligent and strict officer, to proceed to Fayetteville, Tenn., bearing dispatches to the commanding officer Fifth Tennessee Cavalry, which are herewith inclosed.* The officer will wait in the camp of that regiment, or near there, for the preparation of some official returns and reports which are due, and with which he will return. His stay will not, however, exceed one week. The men will carry blankets, shelter tents, and three days' rations. This will be authority to call upon commanding officer Fifth Tennessee Cavalry for rations for the balance of the time and forage and he will be particularly cautioned to keep his men together and preserve the condition of the horses. Let him return by way of Cornersville, looking for bushwhackers in that country.

By order of Brigadier-General Johnson:

E. T. WELLS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Nashville, Tenn., February 27, 1865.

Major General R. H. MILROY,
Commanding Defenses Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad:

GENERAL: By direction of the commanding general I have the honor to inform you that new regiments will be sent to you as they arrive, enough to form a division for you. The regiments will be camped, drilled, and organized and be put in as good condition for effectiveness and usefulness as possible. The One hundred and forty-eighth Illinois has this day been ordered to report to you.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

SOUTHARD HOFFMAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

NASHVILLE, TENN., February 27, 1865.

Brigadier General DAVIS TILLSON,

Knoxville:

The commanding general says keep a good lookout for the Tennessee train destruction party. You will have to look after the querrillas; there will be plenty of them.

SOUTHARD HOFFMAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

KNOXVILLE, [February] 27, 1865.

Major HOFFMAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

We have captured the boat and stores belonging to the party sent from Richmond to destroy bridges and transportation on Tennessee River, and also more of the party, probably all of them.

DAVIS TILLSON,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers.

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*Not found.

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