NP, MAP 6/24/1864

From the Memphis Appeal
 
June 24, 1864
 
   Gen. S. D. Lee, in command of the department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, has issued the following order:
   The discretionary power given to officers to destroy railroads and railroad stock that may be in danger of falling into the possession of the enemy having been greatly abused, it is hereby ordered, that no officer in this department, without express orders from these headquarters, shall destroy any railroad or stock thereon, unless the same is in the use and possession of the enemy.

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