CONFEDERATE COMMUNICATION
JULY 29, 1864-1.12 p. m.
Governor JOSEPH E. BROWN, Macon, Ga.:
Just have information that the enemy have struck the Macon road six mils below Jonesborough. General Hood desires you to give all possible assistance to repair the damage. Troops have been sent from here to prevent its destruction as far as possible. Please communicate with Captain Hazlehurst, who is somewhere below, gathering railroad iron. I send this letter by Captain Shoup, my aide-de-camp.
[F. A. SHOUP,
Chief of Staff.]

JULY 29, 1864-9.20 a. m.
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR:
Please use every exertion to have line to Macon repaired. It cannot be seriously interrupted. Ascertain cause, and let me know. Keep me informed of whatever you learn.
[F. A. SHOUP,
Chief of Staff.]

JULY 29, 1864.
To Conscript Authorities at Macon, Ga.:
It is of great importance to recruit the battalion of engineer troops serving with this army. General Hood desires you to give whatever aid you can, and, if possible, to turn over 200 men to Lieutenant-Colonel Presstman, commanding battalion.
[F. A. SHOUP,
Chief of Staff.]