Your dispatch of 20th received. Railroad
west {the Memphis & Charleston RR, between
Corinth and Memphis} has been destroyed. I have 5,000 troops between Tennessee River
and Memphis. Advise me what quantity of supplies you will probably need at
point named, so I may make adequate arrangements for transportation.
Garrison already at Corinth
and trains running east toward Tuscumbia. General Roddey will be
instructed to co-operate with you.