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Further O.R. correspondence which may be of interest and assistance:

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, Talladega, November 8, 1864.
Capt. A. J. WATT, Assistant Adjutant- General, Selma, Ala.:
CAPTAIN: I am in receipt of your communication of the 6th instant in reference to the reserves that were with Brigadier-General Clanton. They consist of eight companies of cavalry under command of Major Hardie. Under General Hood’s or Beauregard’s orders they moved off with General Clanton’s brigade and the Army of Tennessee. Since then, under General Withers’ orders, they have reported to me. This force of eight companies, about 400 men and four companies of the supporting force, 237 men, is all the force I have at my command to guard the front and railroads, and I do not think any portion of it can be Spared. I have already ordered one company of the Third Regiment, infantry reserves, ordered to rendezvous at Selma, to report to the commanding officer at Cahaba for guard duty, and I presume this will answer the purpose. I have also applied to the Governor of the State for two companies of militia for guard duty at Cahaba. Advise me if the lieutenant-general commanding desires the cavalry reserves sent from here.
Very respectfully,
DANL. W. ADAMS, Brigadier- General

Abstract from return of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Lieut. Gen. Richard Taylor commanding, for November 20, 1864. [similar or same units reported Dec. 1, 1865]

DISTRICT OF THE GULF.
Maj. Gen. DABNEY H. MAURY.

Baker’s Brigade.
Brig. Gen. ALPHEUS BAKER.
37th Alabama, Col. John H. Higley.
40th Alabama Col. John H. Higley.
42nd Alabama, Col. John H. Higley.
54th Alabama, Capt. Charles C. McCall.
22d Louisiana, -----

Thomas’ Brigade.
Brig. Gen. BRYAN M. THOMAS.
1st Alabama Reserves, Col. Daniel E. Huger.

McCullough’s Brigade
[…]

Post of Mobile.
Col. THOMAS H. TAYLOR.
4th Alabama Reserves, Col. William M. Stone.
21st Alabama (detachment), Capt. B. Frank Dade,
Alabama Cadets, Lieut. H. E. Witherspoon.
City Battalion, Lieut. Col. Stewart W. Cayce.

Detached.
3d Battalion Alabama Reserves, 4th Battalion Alabama Reserves, Lt. Col. E. M Underhill.

DISTRICT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
(Includes also posts of Demopolis, Montgomery, Selma, Cahaba, Opelika, Talladega, and Tuscaloosa.)
Brig. Gen. DANIEL W. ADAMS.

Armistead’s Cavalry Brigade.
Col. CHARLES G. ARMISTEAD.
8th Alabama, Col. Charles P. BalI.
16th Confederate [12th Mississippi], Col. Charles G. Armistead.
Barbiere’s (Alabama Reserves) battalion, Maj. Joseph Barbiere.
Hardie’s (Alabama Reserves) battalion, Maj. Joseph Hardie.
Lewis’ (Alabama) battalion, Maj. William V. Harrell.

Clanton’s Brigade.
Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CLANTON.
6th Alabama Cavalry, Col. Charles H. Colvin.
8th Alabama Cavalry, Lieut. Col. Henry J. Livingston.
Escort to district commander, Capt. T. B. Shockley.
State Reserves, at Selma, Lient. Col. Young L. Royston.
Company H, 3d Confederate Reserves, at Demopolis, Capt. XV. B. Ragan.
Company Reserves (firemen), at Montgomery, Maj. Walter Jones.
Light-duty men, detailed at Talladega, Maj. W. T. Walthall.
Light-duty men, detailed at Tuscaloosa, Capt. A. B. Hardcastle.
Dismounted cavalry, at Coosa bridge, Lient. Col. Nathaniel Wickliffe.
Six companies 3d Regiment Reserves, at Cahaba, Lieut. Col. Samuel Jones.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ALA., MISS., AND EAST LA.,
Meridian, February 2, 1865.

Brig. Gen. D. W. ADAMS,
Montevallo, Ala.:
GENERAL: Having sent a number of artillerists belonging to the Army of Tennessee, who are without guns, to Mobile, the reserves now there will, in a few days, be relieved and sent to you. I wish you to garrison Opelika, Coosa bridge, Demopolis, and Selma (particularly the latter on account of the value of its public workshops) sufficiently well to insure their safety against any cavalry raid. I shall also send you some cavalry, and if possible some veteran infantry, but the drafts made upon me for men for other and for the moment more important field, place it out of my power to attempt to do more than furnish you with sufficient force for the protection of the more important points in your district from cavalry raids. […]
Very respectfully, yours, &c.,
R. TAYLOR, Lieutenant-General.

MERIDIAN, February 10, 1865.

Brig. Gen. D. W. ADAMS
Montevallo, Ala.: The Third and Fourth Regiments of Alabama Reserves were relieved from duty at Mobile on 7th instant, and ordered to report to you for orders respectively at Selma and Montgomery. You will use them in garrisoning points in your district and furnishing adequate guard for the post of Cahawba.
By order of Lieutenant-General Taylor: W. F. BULLOCK, JR., Assistant Adjutant- General.

HEADQUARTERS RESERVES, Montgomery, Ala.,
February 20, 1865.

Lieut. Col. B. SURGET, Assistant Adjutant- General:
COLONEL: In the absence of the major-general commanding Reserves, I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant. I have informed General Withers of the contents of your favor by letter. In response to the request of the lieutenant-general commanding to be informed as to the numbers and location of the Reserve Forces, I inclose the following report. The strength of several of the commands cannot be given, as they are under the orders of district and post commanders, who have forwarded no duplicate monthly report,~ as required by General Orders, No. 75, paragraph I, series of 1865.
Very respectfully, colonel, your obedient servant, R. II. BROWNE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- Generci.
[Inclosure.]
Report of location and strength of reserves of Alabama.
First. Reporting to Major-General Maury: First Regiment Junior Reserves, 330 for duty, at Mobile; Second Regiment Junior Reserves, 428 for duty, at Mobile; Third Battalion Senior Reserves, six companies, at Pollard; one company Senior Reserves, cavalry, at Mobile; two companies Senior Reserves, light artillery, at Mobile. Second. Reporting to Brigadier-General Adams: Third Regiment Senior Reserves, no report of strength, at Montevallo; Fourth Regiment Senior Reserves, not more than 150 present for duty, at Montgomery, very much disorganized; ilardie’s battalion cavalry, six companies, 530 for duty, headquarters Talladega; Barbiere’s battalioh cavalry (a), six companies, headquarters Wilsonville. Third. Reporting to Lieut. Col. S. Jones, Cahawba, as prison guard: Two companies of infantry, one company of cavalry. Fourth. Unattached companies: One company infantry, camp guard, 70 strong, Montgomery; two companies cavalry, Eighth Congressional District, 180 strong (a); one company cavalry, Selma, 60 strong. (a)

MERIDIAN, February 21, 1865.
Brig. Gen. D. W. ADAMS,
Selma or Montevallo, Ala.:
[…]Get from the Governor all the militia you can and at once practice them and your reserves in the use of artillery in the fortified places of your district. Sharp’s and Brantly’s brigades were sent to report to you until such time as they might be ordered to Carolina. In the meantime you will, of course, use them at Montgomery, Selma, or elsewhere, as you may deem necessary. […]
By order of Lieutenant-General Taylor: W. F. BULLOCK, JR., Assistant Adjutant- General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, Montevallo, February 24, 1865.

Maj. W. F. BULLOCK, JR., Assistant Adjutant-General, Meridian, Miss.:
MAJOR: I am in receipt of your telegram of the 22d instant […] All that I have at present are the two brigades recently reported at Montgomery, and, it seems, only reporting temporarily, amounting to 600 effective for duty, infantry reserves, 400; cavalry reserves, 500; dismounted cavalry, 300. […]
Very respectfully, major, DANL. W. ADAMS, Brigadier- General.

From abstract from return of the Light Artillery in the District of the Gulf, Maj. Henry C. Semple commanding, for February 85, 1865:
Jenks’ Battery had started to Selma on Feb. 25th.

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