HDQRS. DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
Camp Sugar Valley, May 12, 1864-4 a. m.
(Received 7.30 a. m.)
Brigadier General Brigadier General Kenner Garrard,
Commanding Cavalry Division, Villanow:
GENERAL: The indications are that the enemy is evacuating Dalton. If this should prove to be really the case, I desire you to push a strong column down forward Rome to threaten that flank. Hold your command in readiness to move at a moment’s notice. Instructions will be sent you.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAS. B. McPHERSON,
Major-General, Commanding.