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me that there is but same amount at Nashville. There is nothing left me but to tear up some railroad to supply the deficiency, but the trouble in this case is that we need all the roads we have in this department. Cannot adequate supply of iron be furnished some way for the future?

W. W. WRIGHT,

Chief Engineer.

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, Numbers 290.
Atlanta, Ga., October 20, 1864.

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VII. Company I, Fourth Artillery, First Lieutenant F. G. Smith, commanding, is assigned to duty with the Fourteenth Army Corps, and will be held in readiness to proceed to the front without delay.

VIII. Company M, Fourth Artillery, First Lieutenant Samuel Canby commanding, is assigned to duty with the Fourth Army Corps, and will be held in readiness to proceed to the front without delay.

IX. Second Lieutenant J. A. Fessenden, with the men of Company K, Fifth Artillery, will report to Captain Bainbridge, at Atlanta, as early as practicable.

X. The officers commanding Companies F, G, and H, Fourth, and H, Fifth Artillery, will turn in the armament and ordnance stores of their commands to the ordnance department and the quartermaster's property to the quartermaster's department.

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By command of Major-General Thomas:

SOUTHARD HOFFMAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, Numbers 291.
Atlanta, Ga., October 21, 1864.

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V. The Fifty-second Regiment Kentucky Volunteers is hereby relieved from duty in this department, and will proceed to Bowling Green, Ky., whence the commanding officer will report by letter to Major-General Burbridge for duty. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

VI. The Forty-ninth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers is hereby relieved from duty in this department, and will proceed to Lexington, Ky., whence the commanding officer will report to Major-General Burbridge for duty. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

By command of Major-General Thomas:

SOUTHARD HOFFMAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, Numbers 292.
Atlanta, Ga., October 22, 1864.

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V. The Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers is hereby relieved from duty in this department, and will proceed to Lexington, Ky.,


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