NA, DTM 12/23/1863

Hd Qrs Dept. Trans Mississippi
Shreveport La 23 Dec 1863
 
Gen E Kirby Smith
Camden
 
   Can the steamboats coming down bring RR Iron and Engines from Monroe {Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas RR}
W R Biggs
Brig Genl &Chf of Staff
 
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.}

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