CONFEDERATE COMMUNICATION
ATLANTA, GA., August 1, 1864.
Honorable JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War, Richmond:
The following dispatch is just received from Brigadier-General Iverson, through Major-General Cobb, at Macon, concerning the part of raiders who struck the Macon and Savannah road:
General Stoneman, after having his force routed, yesterday surrendered with 500 men. The rest of his command are scattered and fleeing toward Eatonton. Many have already been killed and captured. I shall be in Macon to-day, and wish rations for my men and prisoners.
A. IVERSON,
Brigadier-General.
J. B. HOOD,
General.
ATLANTA, August 1, 1864-10.10 a. m.
General HOWELL COBB,
Macon, Ga.:
Use the duplicate bridges constructed by Colonel Maxwell for repairing Central road.
J. B. HOOD,
General.