| Headquarters District of Georgia |
| February 4, 1865 |
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| Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith |
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| General, |
| The Yankees forced the
crossing at Rivers' Bridge yesterday. McLaws has retired to
Branchville. General Beauregard directs that you hurry up to Spirit
Creek. A train {on the Augusta & Savannah
RR} will be sent down to-night for 500 of your men to come up
to Augusta
to aid in removing cotton. Captain Barnes is ordered to bring up the
four Parrotts on a flat. General B. wants one of your batteries
placed on a flat, the horses coming by dirt road, to guard Big Horse
Creek. Browne is ordered up to Allen's Station, and the battery with
him must come up too. Keep cooked rations continually on hand.
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| Respectfully,
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| D. H. Hill
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| Major General
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