The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1864-12-22
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WAR BULLETIN.
Pursuit Pursuit oof oif' Hoods ! Army.
Call for 300, 900 Wore Men.

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yissreus Pursais sf Hesd's Army
Nero Priss.assl Eakea-CePiss Of
Gen. .BreektarlAse,u 4Aeial Orders
CsusarSs-AnS6Ass DfAG ordered.
War DEPARx,RNr.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 10. 9 T. N.
TO Md. Gen. Joka 4. Dir, Nsr York:
The following report Of his operations
of yesterday has been received from Maj
General Thomas:
sHkADqgAHnRKsD DefA ARfs1Exr oEi the
CUMBERLAND, NEAR SpRING HILL, Dec
l8, 1064.-The enemy have been vigor-
snsly pursued te-day, hat hss lstndioasly
avoided any atta6h by my Goops. ~ haVs
succeeded I'M itakidg sSfs& prisoners -
some two or three hpndred--but our cap
lures are light In comparison with the
successes of the past fow dayEy The pnr-
suit viii be continiied iii tiIe morning, at
as early On hour o. thetroe1ecan march "
The following copies of orders found 10
Breekinridge,s camp In E4t Tennessee
are forwarded for your infdfmation:
.dHfaDQuARfKRs EAST TtNNEssEE AND
WEST VIR0aNIA, WYTHEY5IlR, YA.Dec.
S, lS64.CGeneral Ordera Nd 2ELin &C
cordance with instructions 4eceiyed from
the Ordnance Department q Richmond,
that it has Jbscosns.of yftak Importance
to husband small, arms, anu tipn and
lead, the following order isrnbhshed 81
"Ah lead which can be lssned from
battle-fslds or otherwise oleained, will
be collected by the Aigade' ord
| nance officers, and be- mt TO the
nearest arsenal all guns I'd be relieved
of their loads for clssning.& The balls
| should he drawn, if practicable; other,
wise the loads should be dissbarged into
boxes of sand or dirt. 90 ut the load
may be recovered aud tur1&d into the
ordnance depot. The ATTENTION of com
manding officers 10 called to5 be nscessit,
| giving rise to this order, and ts rigid en-
forcement is strictly snj0ined by com
manding officers. ml.8I s5t
| Major General BREcxNRlpas
J. SroDpARD JOHNSON, Assistant Ad
ju.snt General, L.ts.IIu tGaW
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF W Est
VIRGINIA AND EAST TENNRspgE, WITH
VILE, Va, Dec. 2, 1664-Cirealar.-The
| attention of commanding ofIeers is call
cd to the scarcity Of forage In this dc
| partment, and the absolute ifecessity o
using economy in its eonsumption. Evi
dences of waste have been observed here
tofore. The proper officers must in al
eases superintend the issue Of torags, tant
commanding officers and eyskY company
officer must give his striot psrrsonal at
| tention. By command Of
| MAJOR GEN BRRcKrtRIDdE.
he opT VI MyRpi IN
II have found the railroad thus far 6u
little disturbed, as my trains viii be al
BY railroad In day or two. The tele
graph Is up with me now.
II find, upon receiving more correct re
| ports of the operations of the 10th inst.
that Major General Edward johnson,
| division, with all the brigade command
srs, was captured in the works which
were captured by assault, besides de
stroying a brigade of the snenyIs oavalr!
and capturing its commander, Brig. Gen
Ruoker.
| among the captures made to-day ar
the rebel Brigadter General Quarles
wounded, and q number of Other. rebel
also wounded, lying in the house by th'
road-side, unable to 80 away;
| 0bO. n. lhONA6p
Major General Commanding"
No report for to-day has reached tn,
Department, except the following unoffi
| eial: IS Nfsstk & -.
NASHVILLE, Dec. ~, p NTH
forenoon the rains have been so heay.
that little progress has been made. Gu
cavalry skirmished with the enemy
short distance south Of Spring Hill, find
ing Forrest In command The riv0r
swelling rapidly" .EitasV
No intelligence from General Sherihs
has been received today.
| A call and draft for 100000 troops, t
make up the deficiency occssioned b
credit on the last call, hes been ordsre
by the President
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
.,...' ... Secretary of War
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