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t he felt we had lost a brilliant opportunity at Spring Hill to deal the enemy a crushing blow, and that he was greatly to blame. I telegraphed and wrote to the War Department to withdraw my application for his removal, in the belief that, inspired with an ambition to retrieve his short-coming, he would prove in the future doubly zealous in the service of his country. The following are the dispatches above referred to: headquarters, six miles from Nashville, on Franklin pike, December 7th, 864. Honorable J. A. Sepdon. I withdraw my recommendation The words in italics were in cypher. in favor of the promotion of Major General Cheatham for reasons which I will write more fully. J. B. Hood, General. headquarters, six miles from Nashville, on Franklin pike, December 8th, 1864. Honorable J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War. General G. T. Beauregard, Macon, Ga. A good Lieutenant General should be sent here at once to command the corps now commanded by Major General Ch