| Chattanooga, Tenn., September 16, 1862 |
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| Col. Samuel Tate |
| Demopolis, Ala. |
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| I telegraphed to you this morning a
dispatch from General Bragg calling on you to repair the Memphis
& Charleston Railroad. The general desires me to impress upon
you the importance of making no delay in putting the railroad in
running order from Stevenson to Huntsville. The road is but little
damaged; but one bridge (that over Paint Rock River) is destroyed. I
do not know the condition of the road beyond Huntsville, but will
ascertain it in a day or two. Telegraphic communication with
Huntsville is reopened. Locomotives and cars have been passed over
to the right bank of the river at Bridgeport, and I expect the road
to be opened to Murfreesborough by the 23d instant. I will give you
every assistance in my power to repair your road. Please inform me
what steps have been taken on the work. |
| Sam. Jones |
| Major-General |
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