Pursuant to orders this day [unclear: received ] from Major General Jackson , the companies of Captain Bynn , Captain Coleman , Captain Bradley and Captain Baskerville be detached, tomorrow morning at sun rise under the command of Lieutenant Col [Colonel] John Allcorn , and Major James Lauderdale and proceed with all possible dispatch the most direct rout [route] to Huntsville Madison County W.T. [West Tennessee] So soon as Col Allcorn reaches the neighbourhood [neighborhood] of Huntsville, he will correspond and cooperate with Col Perkins or the commanding officer of the troops of that County for the protection thereof of the inhabitants thereof untill [until] you receive further orders from me, I shall follow you immediately with the whole balance of the Regiment and will

join you the earliest possible in the vicinity of Huntsville__ for the necessary supplies of forage for your detachment, you will direct your quarter master Sergeant to purchase and give receipts countersigned by yourself which will be taken and [unclear: drafts ] on the Governor of Tennessee given by the Regimental quartermaster as I pass on with the rear of the Regiment_ The contractors agent of this department, will be with you and furnish rations for the men under your command untill I reach you__

Jno [John] Coffee Col Tense [Tennessee] [added: Volunteer Cavalry U.S. [United States]]

[added: Regimental Order
Camp Good Exchange
25th Sept [September] 1813]