Official Records - 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV

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Series 1, vol 38, Part 4 (The Atlanta Campaign)

page 50

DECATUR, May 6, 1864.

Colonel SAWYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General, and

Major-General McPHERSON:

Captain Tramel, First Alabama Cavalry, who has been for past month in interior of Alabama, arrived this morning; reports most of Pok's command at Tuscaloosa fortifying on east side of Black Warrior; enemy seem to be concentrating at that place; says the country below is filled with deserters. Roddey, with his command, is still in my front, but is on short supplies, both of provisions and forage. Forrest is reported to have left Jackson last Tuesday and moved in direction of Corinth. This morning 100 recruits and deserters entered our lines. Every day we have caravans and refugees arriving in great destitution. I send them North as rapidly as possible. Most of them are families of soldiers in our service.

JOHN D. STEVENSON,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.