| Hdqrs. Reserve Corps, Army of the Mississippi |
| Near Abbeville, Miss. {on
the Mississippi Central RR}
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| June 23, 1862 |
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| Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles |
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| General,
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| Note of yesterday received. The corps
under my command is in readiness to move at such time as General Van
Dorn may order. It is presumed from your note that the
transportation will be by rail. The division quartermaster will
proceed at once to ascertain at Abbeville what trains may be had.
Transportation for five brigades will be needed, with six or seven
days' subsistence, ammunition in boxes, twenty-one field pieces, and
the usual camp equipage. I have about 250 wagons and 2,000 animals.
If by wagon train, I am now ready to move; if by rail, as soon as
the trains arrive. Let your quartermaster report to Maj. A. Boyd,
division quartermaster, at these headquarters, as to what
transportation can be had.
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| W. Preston, Brig. Gen.
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| Comdg. Reserve Corps, Army of the Miss.
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