this evening a scout into Loudoun, and should have heard from him by this time in the event that he was approaching Sandy Hook or Berlin. I have no information of any other force with him.

Respectfully,

JOHN D. STEVENSON,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
December 7, 1864.

Brigadier-General STEVENSON:

It was Sandy Point, instead of Sandy Hook where the force of guerrillas was reported. Sandy Point is in or at the east side of Manassas Gap. There was a report also that a raid was intended on the Winchester road at Charlestown or Summit Point. These reports are given for what they are worth.

P. H. SHERIDAN,

Major-General.

HARPER'S FERRY, December 7, 1864.

Colonel FORSYTH:

No officers have arrived from General Wright. I have sent the men of the Sixth Corps to Washington, in charge of Lieutenant-Colonel Hunter and three other officers, with suitable guards. They ought to arrive there all right. I shall send to front to-morrow morning some 400 men of the Nineteenth Corps and General Crook's command.

JOHN D. STEVENSON,

Brigadier-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIST. OF HARPER'S FERRY, No. 112.
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., December 7, 1864.

13. Brigadier-General Seward having returned from leave of absence, Brigadier-General Lightburn is hereby relieved from the command of the post of Martinsburg, and Brigadier-General Seward will at once assume command.

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By order of Brigadier-General Stevenson:

S. F. ADMAS,
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HARPER'S FERRY, December 7, 1864.

Captain SPENCE:

Have you information to-day of Mosby? Have Captain Keys send scout into Loudoun in direction of Waterford and report all information collected of Mosby. It is reported that he contemplates a raid into Maryland. Send more scouts up on your side of river as far as Berlin, to remain out all night watching river.

JOHN. D. STEVENSON,

Brigadier-General.