| Head Qrs. District of Texas &c. |
| Houston Jany 13/65 |
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| Col. C. C. Gillespie |
| Hempstead |
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| Detail and send by tomorrow's
train (15) fifteen able bodied teamsters for ox train to go from
Beaumont to Sabine town. {Implies that Eastern
Texas RR was not operational} Let them report on their arrival
here, to Maj Burk. |
| J. G. Walker |
| Maj Genl Comdg |
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| Sent by telegram |
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