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KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA.  [CHAP. XLIV.

ATHENS, ALA.,
March 20, 1864.
Maj. R. M. SAWYER,
Assistant Adjutant- General, Nashville:
Scout in from Blount County reports provost guard at Gadsden
only; one battalion at Somerville, and all troops in valley had been
ordered to Dalton.
G. M. DODGE,
Brigadier-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, -HDQRS. LEFT WING, 16TH ARMY CoRPs,
No. 73.                    Athens, Ala., March 20, 1864.
V. Mr. Aaron Thomason, living at Athens, Ala., is hereby ordered
to move south of the Tennessee River and beyond the Federal lines
with his family within three days. If after that -time he is found
within the Federal lines he will be-treated as a spy. He and his
family will be allowed to take their wearing apparel and one team;
the rest of his property must remain uninjured, as it now stands,
and will be seized for the benefit of the United States Government.
He is thus ordered beyond the lines of the Federal army from the
fact that he has extended aid and comfort to the enemy, knowingly
harboring the enemy's spies, and been engaged in contraband traffic
since the Federal forces have occupied this country. The provost-
marshal-general will see that this order is complied with.
By order of Brig. Gen. G. M. Dddge:
J. W. BARNES,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CLEVELAND, TENN.,
March 21, 1864.
Brig. Gen. W. D. WHIPPLE,,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department of the Cumberland:  *
I have the honor to forward the following memoranda of informa-
tion from deserters direct from Dalton: Linville Sheets, private,
Fifty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, belongs to Rennels' [Rey-
nolds'] brigade, of Stevenson's division; left Dalton on Saturday, the
17th instant. Cleburne's division was at Tunnel Hill; Cheatham's
division was 2 miles east of Dalton, on the railroad; Stevenson's
division 2 miles west of Dalton, toward Tunnel Hill. Walker's and
Stewart's divisions were at and a short distance below Dalton.
Thinks that there are about 1,500 men in Runnels' [Reynolds'] bri-
gade, to which he belongs, but thinks this brigade smaller than the
average in Stevenson's division. A large number of new wagons
were received by railroad from Atlanta; also a supply of fresh
mules. Says that a great many new wagons were received, and that
the talk among the soldiers was that it was intended to fix up the
transportation preparatory to a movement up the East Tennessee
Valley. Thinks that Johnston has from 40,000 to 50,000 men. He
has been re-enforced from Alabama, and he heard that re-enforce-
ments from Charleston, S. C., had arrived. The army gets short
rations. Thinks that there is not more than two weeks' supply of

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