Hd Qrs Dept. Trans Mississippi |
Shreveport La 23 Dec 1863 |
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Gen E Kirby Smith |
Camden |
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Can the steamboats coming down
bring RR Iron and Engines from Monroe {Vicksburg,
Shreveport & Texas RR} |
W R Biggs |
Brig Genl &Chf of Staff |
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Sent by telegram |
{An earlier order has
ordered all steamboats on the Ouachita River to run to the Red River as
soon as the water level permitted. This appears to be a request for them
to bring locomotives and iron from the line to the east that had been
ordered destroyed to Shreveport on those boats.} |