| Head Quarters 1st Brigade 2d Division Army
of the West |
| Camp Terry near Corinth Miss |
| April 27th 1862 |
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| Brig Genl Jos L Hogg |
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| Sir, |
| At your request as to the
order made by your self to the Conductors of the trains (three in no.)
transporting the major portion of your Brigade to this camp from
Memphis, I state that on the second day of the trip said trains arrived
at Mile Station 83 {Chewalla, only 9 miles from
Corinth} at or neat six o'clock A. M. and remained there running
back & forth until near 4 o'clock P. M. when you issued the above order.
It was believed at the time that the delay in proceeding was entirely
unnecessary to say the least of it, and I called to know the cause of it
from the Conductor. While there a person whom I did not know, came back
to the second train & said the mail train had arrived & wanted the
trains having the portion of the Brigade spoken of to back and let it
pass to which I refused to consent & directed the train to go forward to
Corinth as the troops were becoming restive & suspicious that the
delay was for a wrong cause, or rather that the Conductors were not
actuated by proper motives (in which I fully concurred) in making it.
Furthermore the Regemt which commanded (Col. Greer's) had, had nothing
to east since the preceding morning at daylight, the baggage car
containing their rations having been by the agent at Memphis removed
from the train unknown to me or said Regt. |
| I am sir Very Resply Your Obt Servt |
| W. P. Lane La. Co. |
| Comdg 3rd Redgt Texas Cavalry |
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