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PETERSBURG, VA., September nth, 1864.

General G. T. BEAUREGARD, Wilmington, N. C. :

About 2 A. M. yesterday enemy broke through picket line in front of Hill's corps. It was soon restored. Loss slight. Casual- ties in Hoke's and Johnson's three killed and sixteen wounded.

GEO. WM. BRENT, A. A. G.

WILMINGTON, N. C., September i2th, 1864. General R. E. LEE, Commanding, Petersburg, Va. :

Everything here is in as good condition as means and circum- stances will permit. Practised artillerists and proper infantry sup- port are most needed at present. No heavy guns can safely be spared from here.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

PETERSBURG, VA., September i$th, 1864. General ]. A. WALKER, Burkesville, Va. :

The enemy seems to be moving. Instruct your commanders

at bridges to be alert.

GEO. WM. BRENT, Col. and A. A. G.

Hon. R. M. T. Hunter Post-Bellum Mortality Among Confederates.

Address delivered before the Confederate Survivors' Association at its Quarterly Meeting in Augusta, Ga., Aug. 2d, 1887.

By Col. CHARLES C. JONES, JR., LL.D., President of the Association.

Comrades, Since our pleasant reunion on the 26th of April last, five of our companions have joined the legions encamped on the further shore. Robert Wallace, second lieutenant of the Washing- ton Artillery, died on the loth of May ; J. C. Allen, private in Com- pany A, Cobb's Legion of Cavalry, on the 28th of the same month; William Delane, private in Company A, Fifth regiment Georgia infantry, on the Qth of June; Charles A. Platt, captain of the same