HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
August 14, 1864.
Major-General SHERMAN:
Garrard has already received orders to scout as far as Roswell. He sent a scouting party some distance beyond Decatur, both south and in the direction of Covington, yesterday, but discovered nothing. Have sent orders for Kilpatrick to put down the bridge at Sandtown.
GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General.