HDQRS. CHIEF OF CAVALRY, DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Near Vining's Station, Ga., July 16, 1864.

Brig. Gen. E. M. McCOOK,
Commanding First Cavalry Division:

The general commanding directs me to inform you that the Fourteenth Army Corps is moving and will probably cross the river to-day. You will move with your command to the position pointed out to you and patrol the river as designated.

DAVID F. HOW,

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

Brigadier-General WHIPPLE:

The force reported at Guntersville proved to be a detachment of Rousseau's command as telegraphed this morning by Colonel Lyon, from Claysville.

R. S. GRANGER,

Brigadier-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, on the Chattahoochee, July 16, 1864.

Major-Genéral SCHOFIELD,

Commanding Army of the Ohio:

GENERAL: I have just heard from General McPherson. He moves in the morning for his position on a Decatur road till abreast of you, his cavalry at or near Buchanan's. You will therefore move to-morrow to the position described in Special Field Orders, No. 35, which will be at the camp-ground you described to me to-day, with an advance down to Nancy's Creek. This will divert, too, much attention on the part of the enemy to General Thomas, who will be engaged in crossing at Pace's. General Garrard has been to Cross Keys and finds nothing on the road but bands of cavalry..

W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Chattahoochee River, July 16, 1864.

General MCPHERSON, Roswell:

General R. S. Granger, from Decatur, reports that a force of the enemy's cavalry, 2,800 strong, has crossed the Tennessee north of Claysville. I cannot imagine what force that can be, unless sent from Johnston's left flank, say some of W. H. Jackson's cavalry. As General Stoneman found heavy cavalry all along the Chattahoochee as far as he went, say twenty-five miles below Campbellton, it is quite probable some of Wheeler's force has been shifted to Johnston's left, in which case the cavalry force will be light in your front. I hope to start General Blair so as to reach you early to-morrow, and that he will be near enough for you to-morrow to get out as far as Buchanan's. I am about moving camp.

W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding.

the road to Buck Bead.

General Baird will cross as soon as the rear of General Johnson's column has passed and will post his division in reservé at the forks of the road.

By order of Maj. Gen. J. M. Palmer:

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, }

A. C. MCCLURG,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Isham's Ferry, Ga., July 16, 1864.

III. To-morrow morning, July 17, the corps will move to position between Island Creek and Nancy's Creek, covering the roads from Johnson's Ferry toward Cross Keys and Buck Head. General Cox will move in advance and will march at 7 a. m. General Cox will first move to Sandy Spring Camp-Ground, take position at that place, and send forward a brigade toward Cross Keys, with orders to reconnoiter as far as Nancy's Creek, and will await further orders before moving his division beyond the camp-ground.

General Hascall will move along the road from his present position toward the camp-ground until he reaches the Atlanta or Buck Head road, take position at that point, and send a brigade to reconnoiter toward Buck Head, as far as the main ridge between Island Creek and Nancy's Creek. This brigade will endeavor to communicate with General Thomas' left, along the ridge, also with the brigade of General Cox, sent to reconnoiter toward Cross Keys.

General Cox will also send a regiment from the camp-ground to reconnoiter toward Pinckneyville and open communication with the right of General McPherson, who is expected to move from Roswell toward Decatur, until he comes into position on our left. General Cox will leave his dismounted cavalry brigade and a battery to guard the bridge at Isham's Ford and such trains as may be left at this point. The brigade will be strongly intrenched on the commanding points near the bridge, and will hold their position at all hazards. The ordinary baggage trains and division ordnance trains will move with the troops. Other trains, when not moving to or from the depot, will be parked on the east bank of the Chattahoochee, immediately under the guns of the bridge guard. Hereafter in sending trains to the depot for supplies special care must be taken to prevent their capture or destruction. The trains of the two divisions will habitually move together, under a common guard, the strength of which will be determined at these headquarters, according to information which may be had at the time. No trains will be sent to the rear without orders from the commanding general.

By command of Major-General Schofield:

J. A. CAMPBELL,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

ROSWELL BRIDGE, GA.,
July 16, 1864.

VII. In order to carry out the spirit and intention of Special Field Orders, No. 35, headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, the following movements will take place: