Military Secretary, Richmond:
The column is moving
on what is known as "Eastern road to Savannah." There are several
ferries from mouth of Brier Creek to Charleston and Savannah Railroad bridge;
none below that. General Hardee reports he is patrolling river with a gun-boat.
I have had all ferryboats destroyed, and ordered all roads to and from river to
be broken up and blockaded by felling heavy timber. The roads all pass by
causeway to the river, on both sides, over dense swamps. None of enemy's forces
remain near Macon, and from best information I can obtain it is thought all of
ours have left there for Savannah. The Georgia militia who were on Central
railroad moved back toward Savannah, and at last accounts were at Station 4½,
our cavalry, however, far in advance of them.
BRAXTON BRAGG.
SOURCE: The
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume44 (Serial No. 92), p. 927
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