Hd Qrs Trans. Miss Dept |
Shreveport La Mar 4th 1864 |
|
Major E. A. Blanch |
Chf Eng S. P. R. R. Co
{Southern Pacific RR} |
Marshall Texas |
|
Major, |
I am directed by the Lieut
Genl Comdg to ask if you have an Agent to send to Monroe La. to
superintend the moving of rails &c from that place. |
I am sir very respectfully |
Your obt servt |
W R Boggs |
Brig Gen & Chf of Staff |
{These rails would
have come from the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas RR and were probably
shipped by boat down the Ouachita River and back up to Shreveport on the
Red River} |