HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Before Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1864.
Major-General SHERMAN:
I have sent a brigade of infantry with Colonel Garrard’s cavalry to make a detour to the left and threaten the enemy’s extreme right, reconnoitering all the roads to the east and south. I will also keep up activity along my front.
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Major-General.