THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION:

A COMPILATION OF THE

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

The Hon. STEPHEN B. ELKINS, Secretary of War,

BY

MAJ. GEORGE B. DAVIS, U. S. A.,
MR. LESLIE J. PERRY,
MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY,

Board of Publication.

SERIES I–VOLUME XXXIX-IN THREE PARTS.

PART III-CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION:

A COMPILATION OF THE

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

The Hon. STEPHEN B. ELKINS, Secretary of War,

BY

MAJ. GEORGE B. DAVIS, U. S. A.,
MR. LESLIE J. PERRY,
MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY,

Board of Publication.

SERIES I–VOLUME XXXIX-IN THREE PARTS.

PART III-CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

PART III.-VOL. XXXIX,

CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO
OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, TEN-
NESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND NORTH GEORGIA
(THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN EXCEPTED), FROM OCTOBER
1, 1864, TO NOVEMBER 13, 1864.*

UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

ATLANTA, October 1, 1864–1 p. m.

(Received 7 p. H.)

Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Point;

Hood is evidently on the west side of Chattahoochee below Sweet

Water. If he tries to get on my road this side of the Etowah I shall

attack him, but if he goes over to the Selma and Talladega road why

would it not do for me to leave Tennessee to the force which Thomas

las and the reserves soon to come to Nashville, and for me to destroy

Atlanta, and then march across Georgia to Savannah or Charleston,

breaking roads and doing irreparable damage! We cannot remain on

the defensive.

W. T. SHERMAN,

Major-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., October 1, 1864.

General J. D. WEBSTER, Nashville:

If enough horses cannot be obtained by purchase they should be im-

pressed. It is plain that either Forrest or we must take the horses of

the country. General Thomas is now in full conimaud of all the troops

operating against Forrest, and I want you to help him by making any

orders he may ask. If Forrest be prevented getting supplies, le can-

not stay 'long north of the Tennessee.

W. T. SHERMAN,

Major-General.

HDQRS. CHIEF OF CAVALRY, DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND,

Atlanta, Ga., October 1, 1864.

Capt. L. M. DAYTON,

Aide-de-Camp, Adqrs. Military Division of the Mississippi:

CAPTAIN: If it can be done by Major-General Howard I request that

his cavalry relieve the 100 men of General Kilpatrick's division left at

Patterson's Cross-Roads. General K.'s division is so small that it

should, if possible, be concentrated, to enable him to guard the line of

For Correspondence, etc., from May 1, 1864, to September 30, 1864, see Part. II.

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