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nd patriotic. He can give you information regarding that country. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. Kirby Smith, Major-General Commanding. headquarters Department of East Tennessee, Knoxville, March 28, 1862. General A. Sidney Johnston, Commanding, Decatur, Ala.: General: I have the honor to inclose copies of telegram and orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, defining the limits of the Department of East Tennessee to the West. See Special Orders of March 21, on p. 354. The telegram gives substance of the order. The Cumberland Range is its natural boundary in that direction. The force under my command is scarcely adequate for either offensive or defensive operations beyond that line. I will, however, take immediate steps for the destruction of the Nashville and Chattanooga road as far toward Murfreesborough as possible, and will observe the movements of the enemy toward Chattanooga from that direction. Very respectfully, your obedient serv