on the Bodka, to strike the Gainesville and Scooba road. Nothing definite has been heard of our trains. General Polk has been requested to send ammunition to Scooba and Macon. Have the telegraph line tapped frequently, in order that you may keep informed of the enemy's movements above, and may keep General Lee informed also. He requests that you will send back by a fresh courier anything additional that you may have learned to-day.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM ELLIOTT,

Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General.

P. S.-Please inform the general where you will camp to-morrow night, or what route you will take from your present camp.

W. E.

[32.]

ATLANTA, February 19, 1864.

His Excellency President DAVIS,

Richmond, Va.:

I will be in Montgomery to-night.

W. J. HARDEE,

Lieutenant-General.

[32.]

RICHMOND, VA., February 19, 1864.

Lieutenant-General HARDEE:

(Care quartermaster, Montgomery, Ala.)

You were directed not to carry transportation, that movement might not be delayed. Get it at terminus of railroad, if possible; if not, let it follow, so as not to impede movement of troops.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

[32.]

MONTGOMERY, February 19, 1864-11 p. m.

His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS,

Richmond, Va.:

Just arrived. Head of my column will be here to-morrow night. General Polk at Demopolis, to which place I shall go to-morrow evening. Your dispatch respecting transportation received. I will telegraph you to-morrow.

W. J. HARDEE.

[32.]

MONTGOMERY, ALA., February 20, 1864.

The PRESIDENT:

I will leave this evening for Dempolis to confer with General Polk. I have telegraphed him to know where I shall [take] my [troops]. Sherman, it seems, has not gone to Mobile. Maury sys he hears of no enemy coming from New Orleans. I think Sherman, after breaking up the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, will retire to Jackson. If it is not your intention to make the campaign in Mississippi, I question the propriety

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