REPORTS.

No. 1.-Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, U. S. Army.

No. 2.-Col. William Cross, Third Tennessee Infantry.

No. 1.

Report of Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, U. S. Army.

NEW MARKET, TENN., March 6, 1864.

GEN.:

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In the skirmish yesterday the rebels lost 9 killed, including a major. We lost 3 killed, 1 badly wounded, and nearly 20 prisoners. We have 2 rebel prisoners.

No further news from the front.

J. D. COX, Brig.-Gen.

No. 2.

Report of Col. William Cross, Third Tennessee Infantry.

HDQRS. THIRD Regiment, EAST TENN. VOL. INFANTRY, Mossy Creek, Tenn., March 25, 1864.

SIR: In obedience to the requirements of existing orders, I herewith report that on the 5th day of March, 1864, Capt. John H. Cross, of Company C, and his command of Second Lieut. L. B. Gamble, Company G; First Lieut. Jasper P. Buckellew, Company K, and First Lieut. Edward C. Roberts, Company H, and 100 enlisted men of Companies C, G, H, and K, while on a reconnaissance to Panther Springs, Tenn., were attacked by a cavalry force of the enemy, greatly superior in numbers, and had a sharp engagement for three or four hours, finally repulsing the enemy, killing and wounding several. . .

All which is respectfully submitted.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WM. CROSS, Col., Cmdg. Third Regiment, East Tenn. Vol. Infantry.

OR, Ser. I, Vol. 32, pt. I, pp. 490-491.

HDQRS. NINTH ARMY CORPS, Mossy Creek, March 5, 1864—5.45 p. m.

Brig. Gen. J. D. COX, Acting Chief of Staff, &c.:

GEN.: A force of the enemy’s cavalry appeared in our front this evening, following a detachment of the Twenty-third Corps of about 90 men from Panther Springs. The captain of this detachment has come in, and his report will doubtless be sent you from the headquarters of Twenty-third Corps.

They fired on our pickets. Two regiments were sent out to support the line. Gen. Ferrerro has just come in and reports seeing about 400 or 500 of the enemy, and that on pressing them they retired.

We have 1 prisoner who says that he belongs to Giltner’s brigade. No infantry with them; that Longstreet is at Bull’s Gap, or from Bull’s Gap to Greeneville. We have 1 man wounded slightly.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. G. PARKE, Maj.-Gen.

OR, Ser. I, Vol. 32, pt. III, p. 21