The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 104
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104 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. XLIV,
ATHENS, ALA.,
March 21, 1864.
General J. D. STEVENSON,
Decatur :
General Hurlbut, from Memphis, 18th, telegraphs that General
Forrest was at Tupelo on the 16th with large force, ready to move to
Columbus and Paducah.
By order of General G. M. Dodge:
GEO. E. SPENCER,
Colonel and Chief of Staff.
HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Pulaski, Tenn., March 21, 1864.
Maj. GEORGE H. ESTABROOK,
Commanding Seventh illinois Infantry:
You will move out immediately with your command, proceeding
in the direction of Eastport, on the Tennessee River, at which place
it is reported that General Forrest is crossing with a large force of
the enemy. Your men will be supplied with five days' rations (two
in haversacks and three in wagons) and 60 rounds of ammunition. It
is very necessary that you gain all reliable information in your power
as regards their strength, designs, of what composed, &c., with as
little delay as possible. As fast as you receive important information
you will send the same by courier to the nearest point on the railroad
where there is a telegraph office, and thence send by wire to head-
quarters Left Wing, Sixteenth Army Corps, at Athens, Ala., as also
to these headquarters.
Be prompt and vigilant in your movements, trying, if possible, to
capture prisoners from the enemy of whom you can obtain the desired
information. Look well to all roads which may read to your rear,
and keep feelers out in every direction to avoid being surprised, and
also to learn of the enemy. One battalion of the Ninth Ohio Cav-
alry is now in the vicinity of Florence.
By order of Brig. Gen. T. W. Sweeny, commanding:
LOUIS H. EVERTS,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
March 21, 1864.
Maj. R. R. TOWNES,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Huntsville, Ala. :
I have just received the following dispatch from Lieutenant-Col-
onel Gage, Twenty-ninth Missouri, commanding. expedition to Ten-
nessee River:
We arrived at Cottonville at 2 p. mn., 19th. As I could not learn anything of an
enemy there, we visited Deposit. There I saw 2 rebels standing picket at a small
earth-work on the south side of the river. From there we marched to Fearns' Land-
ing, where they also have a small guard; we captured 2 prisoners, 1 of them in try-
ing to escape was shot. Shall move up the Tennessee to-morrow. There are only
three companies on the other side of the river.
P. J. OSTERHAUS,
Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
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