CUMBERLAND, October 20, 1864.

Brevet Major-General CROOK,

Commanding Department of West Virginia:

The following has just been received from Colonel Oley:

CHARLESTON, VA., October 20, 1864.

Captain KENNEDY,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Reports from deserters and refugees show that the enemy are concentrating in force in my front. They say that an attack on this valley is intended by Breckinridge's entire command; he was at Wytheville a few days ago. I believe they are preparing for a move on some other point, if not here.

J. H. OLEY.

ROBT. P. KENNEDY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Near Cedar Creek, Va., October 20, 1864.

Brigadier General A. N. DUFFIE,

Commanding First Cavalry Division, Cumberland, Md.:

You will report at Hagerstown, Md., at once. You will not bring any of your cavalry with you.

By order of Brevet Major-General Crook:

WM. McKINLEY, JR.,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 1ST CAV. DIV., DEPT. OF W. VA., No. 29.
Cumberland, Md., October 20, 18674.

Brigadier-General Duffie having been transferred to another command, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the troops remaining which belong to the First Cavalry Division.

JNO. E. WYNKOOP,

Colonel, Commanding Division.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 1ST CAV. DIV., DEPT. OF W. VA., No. 30.
Cumberland, Md., October 20, 1864.

The Twenty-first New York Cavalry, Colonel W. B. Tibbits commanding, and Battery B, First Lieutenant Light Horse Artillery, are hereby transferred to the Second Brigade, First Cavalry Division, Department of West Virginia. All reports, returns, &c., will be sent to the assistant adjutant-general of that brigade.

By command of Colonel John E. Wynkoop, commanding:

E. W. CLARK, JR.,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. FIRST SEPARATE BRIGADIER, EIGHTH ARMY CORPS,
Relay House, Md., October 20, 1864.

Lieutenant Colonel LYNDE CATLIN,

Asst. Inspector-General, Eighth Army Corps, Baltimore, Md.:

COLONEL: I have the honor to report the condition, location, &c., of the various organizations of the First Separate Brigade, as follows:

The following-named troops are now in this command: Eighth companies First Regiment Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteers; seven