| Headquarters District of Alabama |
| Temporarily at Tuskegee |
| April 13, 1865 |
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| Major W. F. Bullock |
| Assistant Adjutant-General |
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| Major,
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| I have the honor to report that the
enemy advanced in force on Montgomery on Tuesday evening last, the
11th instant, and after a consultation on our part it was deemed
advisable to evacuate the place, which was done that night, and the
enemy took possession of the city the next morning at 8 o'clock. The
civil authorities surrendered the city to them. Our forces fell back
on the Columbus road, and the enemy followed us as far as Line
Creek, twenty miles from this place, where they camped last night.
All the Government stores were removed from Montgomery, also the
transportation. Almost all the cotton was burned and the whisky
destroyed before the evacuation. Brigadier-General Buford, with the
small force of cavalry, is still confronting the enemy at Line
Creek. The railroad trains were all removed from Montgomery, and the
steamboats were sent up the Tallapoosa River near Cole's Station,
where they are being unloaded. Positive instructions have been given
to have the boats burned should it become necessary to prevent their
falling into the hands of the enemy. Your communication of the 9th
was received by me and answered on the 11th instant. In conformity
with the instructions therein contained I have sent the infantry by
rail to Columbus, Ga. {on the Montgomery &
West Point RR}, and will fall back slowly to that place with
the cavalry, with Brigadier-General Buford in immediate command.
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| I am, very respectfully
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| Dan'l W. Adams
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| Brigadier-General
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