Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns.
Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Ed.

General orders, no. 1.

The following officers are announced as chiefs of their respective de. partments of the general staff of this army. They will be obeyed and respected as such:

Col. Thomas Jordan, assistant adjutant-general, department of orders.

Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, acting inspector-general.

Maj. Eugene E. McLean, Quartermaster's Department C. S. Army, in department of supplies and means of transportation.

Maj. A. J. Smith, chief of the pay department.

Lieut. Col. R. B. Lee, chief of subsistence department.

Surg. A. J. Foard, medical director.

Maj. J. F. Gilmer, C. S. Engineer Corps, chief of engineers.

Capt. H. Oladowski, chief of ordnance.

By command of A. S. Johnston:

Special orders, no. 1.

I. Martial law is hereby established at Jackson and Grenada, in the State of Mississippi, and their respective environs for a circuit of 5 miles. The inspector-general, Brigadier-General Slaughter, will appoint suitable persons at each place to act as provost-marshals, and will give the necessary instructions to these officers for their Government.

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By command of General A. S. Johnston:

General Maxey, commanding at Chattanooga, reports the enemy in force — infantry and cavalry — at Shelbyville and Manchester. I have ordered the only armed regiment at this place to Chattanooga.

General: I am instructed by Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith to inform you that under date of Chattanooga, March 29, 1862, Brigadier-General Maxey makes the following report:

The most reliable information I could get indicates that the enemy who were at