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Gen. Forrest's official Dispatch.

Tullahoma, May 5
--The following is Gen. Forrest's official dispatch, announcing his late — exploit in Georgia:

‘ "After five days hard marching, without provisions or forage, I captured, on the 3d inst., the enemy, 1,600 strong, near Rome, Ga., with the same number of Enfield rifles, horses, and side arms.

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