Official Records - 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV

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Series 1, vol 32, Part 3 (Forrest's Expedition)

page 785

SPECIAL ORDERS,

COLUMBUS, April 15, 1864.

No.-.

Major-General Lee will move Jackson's division and Ferguson's brigade of his command into Alabama and take a position near Tuscaloosa. He will throw a part of his command up Jones' Valley, in the neighborhood of Elyton, and advance his courts well up toward the Tennessee River, so as to be informed of the enemy's situation, strength, and purposes. He will establish a line of couriers from his headquarters to some convenient point on the railroad, so as to keep department headquarters constantly informed, and will report frequently. He will constantly advise Major-General Loring of the condition of things in his front.

Major-General Lee will also organize expeditions against the deserters and tories of North Alabama. He will arrest them, and will deal with all such as may be banded together for resistance in the most summary manner.

By order of Lieutenant-General Polk:

DOUGLAS WEST,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.