John C. Breckinridge to Unknown, May 16, 1864

‘ Narrows, May 16, 1864. CoLongL: The latest information received of the enemy was by dispatch from Major Hakle to-day, which was forwarded to Genera! W. H. Jones at Dublin with request that he would send it forward to you. Major Eakle reports that the enemy encamped last night at Oliver Brian’s place, two miles beyond Union. I have ordered a detachment of the Sixteenth Regiment, Jenkins’ brigade, to co-operate with Major Eakle in Monroe in watching the enemy. The detachment left here this evening under Lieutenant-Colonel Graham, and numbers 150 men.

[ will thank you to order Captain Minor, brigade ordnance officer, to report without delay to me, as his services are very much needed. I do not know where he is at present. I do not know what has become of the saddles sent to Seventeenth Regiment. I suppose they were removed from Dublin with other stores. This command is very much in need of ammunition, which fact I will thank you to communicate to Captain Minor, if he is with you. We especially need caliber .54 cartridges, and artillery ammunition. One hundred new bridles and halters sent. here by Captain Minor for the Seventeenth Regiment have been taken and appropriated by the detachment of the Fourteenth, under Major Eakle, during my absence from this place. Will you order Captain Minor to secure a. new supply for me and send them on at once, and a supply of saddles, about 150, McClellan tree, if they can be obtained. 1 am busily engaged in removing the stores to this side.

Col. H. S. Bowen, Twenty-second Virginia Regiment, arrived here: to-day with his regiment and a part of the Sixteenth Regiment, under orders from General W. E. Jones to picket and guard the front line and the line of this department to Pound Gap. The Twenty-second Regiment was attached to this brigade

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