HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Acworth, June 7, 1864.
General GARRARD,
Etowah Bridge:
Send a party to the iron-works north of the Etowah and destroy them root and branch. Colonel Long will be up by to-morrow morning. Be all ready for motion by Thursday. Leave your dismounted men and lame animals at the bridge where General Blair will leave a regiment of infantry. I am going to Allatoona this morning. Send me a field return of your force this evening. A redoubt will be built at some point near the bridge, to be selected by Captain Poe, U. S. Engineers, to-day or to-morrow. I suppose a point near the bridge and south of it will fulfill the conditions best.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General, Commanding.