GENERAL: I am just
in from a circuit. All is absolutely silent along Big Black River.
One of your best
scouts, Tuttle, is just in from Bolton, where I sent him to see if he could
learn if any part of Johnston's army had passed south of the railroad;
especially to watch the course of army wagons. He could see or hear nothing to
show that a movement south was in progress. I will send him out to Auburn
to-night.
Osterhaus watches
Baldwin's and Hall's Ferries.
It might be well to
send a small force to the red church, between Warrenton and Hankinson's, to
make a show. My troops are in such a position that they could reach Noland or
Whitaker in five hours. Big Bayou should be made impassable.
I am at one bridge,
as high up as possible, shortening the neck between it and the branch (see your
map), and I have a good road to run between the railroad, via Tiffin, Bovina,
and Noland. I think Johnston may feint to the south, but do not think he will
risk chances in the pocket of Black River. Still, we must watch him close. I
will have a scout out on an old road from Rocky Springs and Auburn, and can tell
quickly if anything is afloat.
Everybody still
reports a few rebel force at Mechanicsburg, Vernon, Brownsville, and Bolton.
Militia collecting at Jackson. Johnston vibrating between Jackson and Canton.
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