HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, near Chattahoochee River, July 10, 1864.
General DODGE, Roswell:
I have been out all day; am just back. Have received General Garrard’s and your dispatches. I design that General McPherson’s whole army shall come to that flank, and you are to prepare the way. General newton will stay with you till you feel all sate, when he will rejoin his corps now in support of General Schofield, eight miles below you. General Garrard will picket the roads, and I want you to fortify a tete-de-pont and bridge. General McPherson will operate to the right and then when all is ready will come rapidly to your flank, therefore make all preparations to that end. General Schofield has a secure place opposite the mouth of Soap Creek. Keep me well advised by courier to Marietta, and telegraph.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General, Commanding.