| Headquarters Western District |
| Tupelo |
| June 18, 1862
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| Officer in Charge Military Railroad Transportation |
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| Sir, |
| One hundred freight cars and five
effective locomotives must be sent as soon as practicable to
Grenada, Miss, to be reported to General Ruggles, commanding at that
point.
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| The commander of the forces desires that
these cars and locomotives, as far as practicable, should be taken
from the rolling stock of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad now
on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad and expects that timely measures
will be taken to secure their rapid transit over the railroad from
Meridian to Jackson with as little interruption as possible at the
same time to the transportation of public stores over same road from
Jackson eastward. He thinks with the exercise of proper energy and
judgment these trains can be dispatched through without material
delay.
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| Report to this office the dispatch of
these trains and their arrival at Meridian, Jackson, and Grenada.
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| Respectfully, your obedient servant,
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| Thomas Jordan
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