HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
New Creek, W. Va., February 21, 1864.

Captain T. MELVIN,

Asst. Adjt. General, Department of West Virginia:

CAPTAIN: That the general commanding may be informed, I have the honor to report that the Irish Brigade, Twenty-third [Illinois] Infantry, a section of Carlin's battery, and two companies of the Ringgold Battalion moved this day to permanently occupy Greenland Gap.

Faithfully,

JAS. A. MULLIGAN,

Colonel.

CUMBERLAND, February 21, 1864.

Colonel MULLIGAN,

New Creek:

A refugee reports Imoben passing through Staunton a few days since, going toward Monterey, with 2,000 men and artillery. Send a small mounted scout up on the west side of Knobly Mountain and communicate with Captain Harper, of the "Swamps," and lear if he has any information of Imboden; if not, get him to send a scout to Crab Bottom for the purpose of ascertaining if Imboden is in that country or gone west.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brigadier-General.

HDQRS. 3rd Brigadier, 2nd DIV., DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Clarksburg, W. Va., February 21, 1864.

Lieutenant M. J. RUSSELL,

A. A. A. G., New Creek, W. Va.:

LIEUTENANT: A rebel prisoner belonging to Echols' command was brought into Bulltown to-day. His tale is as follows:

He left about twenty-one days since. The command was them at Greenbrier bridge and numbered nearly 3,000 men, mostly infantry, and one battery. Jenkins was at Callahan's Station, and reported to have 5,000 mounted men and one battery; McCausland at Princeton with three regiments; Jackson near Warm Springs.

I have the honor to be, respectfully, your obedient servant,

N. WILKINSON,

Colonel, Commanding Brigade.

[Indorsement.]

HDQRS. SECOND DIV., DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
New Creek, W. Va., February 23, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded for information of the general commanding department.

JAS. A. MULLIGAN,

Colonel.

ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

February 22, 1864.

General M. R. PATRICK,

Provost-Marshal-General, Army of the Potomac:

GENERAL: The artillery of this army consists of one brigade attached to each corps d'armee, two brigades (six batteries each) of