HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864.

Major General W. B. FRANKLIN:

GENERAL: The major-general commanding desires that your command shall be silently withdrawn during the night from its present position, and drawn back on the Grand Ecore road to a point which shall give the advantages of a strong position and a supply of water, both of which are wanting for a force of the size of his command. The commanding general will be happy to confer with you on this subject to-night.

Very respectfully, &c.,

CHAS. P. STONE,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

PLEASANT HILL, April 9, 1864.

Brigadier-General RANSOM,

Grand Ecore:

GENERAL: The enemy attacked this position this evening a little before sunset, and for a time advanced steadily upon our positions and threatened much damage. By infantry charges, made in an admirable manner by the reserve, the enemy were driven in from all points with great loss, and with the capture of much material and between 400 and 500 prisoners.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CHAS. P. STONE,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
April 9, 1864.

Major General W. B. FRANLIN,

Commanding Nineteenth Army Corps, &c.:

The major-general commanding desires me to day that General Dwight can, if he chooses, camp outside the town, and that we shall probably resume the march forward this afternoon or to-morrow morning.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. B. DRAKE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 3rd DIV., 13TH ARMY CORPS, No. 29. Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864.

The undersigned hereby assumes command of the Third Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, and announces the following changes in the staff:

Surg. Darwin Dubois, chief surgeon.

Captain Henry E. Jones, acting assistant inspector-general.

First Lieutenant C. B. Bradshaw, acting assistant adjutant-general.

First Lieutenant Joseph R. Gould, acting aide-de-camp.

WM. H. RAYNOR,

Colonel, Commanding Third Div., Thirteenth Army Corps.