readiness of General Beauregard to serve under any general who ranks him. The right of General Lee to command would be derived from his superior rank.

JEFFN. DAVIS.

[Fifth indorsement.]

MAY 11, 1864.

ENGINEER BUREAU:

Note the earlier paragraph of the President's indorsement.

J. A. S.,

Secretary.

[Sixth indorsement.]

ENGINEER BUREAU,

May 13, 1864.

Respectfully returned to the honorable Secretary of War.

Indorsement noted as requested. Maps have been furnished to and received by General Beauregard.

A. L. RIVES,

Colonel and Acting Chief of Bureau.

WELDON, April 29, 1864.

General S. COOPER:

General Whiting telegraphs as follows:

Great fire raging on opposite side of river. All Government works and cotton and private cotton below the railroad depot destroyed. Cotton press and torpedo-boats gone. Fire broke out in these warehouses simultaneously. Home guards were sentinels on train of eighteen cars burned. Have saved the depot and prisoners.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

ABINGDON, April 29, 1864.

General BRECKINRIDGE,

Dublin, Va.:

Wharton's brigade, by written orders from Adjutant-General's Office, is ordered to report to you at Dublin Depot. I am to-day sending it to Glade Spring. Shall I direct to continue its march by rail to Dublin? Please answer at once.

S. B. BUCKNER,

Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 100. Richmond, Va., April 29, 1864.

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XIV. Brigadier General J. Hagood, with his brigade, will proceed by railroad to Wilmington, N. C., and thence report by letter to General G. T. Beauregard, commanding, &c., Weldon, N. C., for assignment to duty.

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By command of the Secretary of War:

JNO. WITHERS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.