| Headquarters |
| Tuscumbia |
| November 8, 1864 -- 9:30 a.m. |
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| General G. T. Beauregard |
| Commanding Military Division of the West |
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| I respectfully request that the work of
repairing the railroad {Memphis &
Charleston RR} to Cherokee Station be now discontinued, and
that the labor thus employed be put to work in repairing the road
from Corinth
to Purdy {on the Mobile & Ohio RR}, which is in the direction of
Jackson, Tenn., also discontinue the work from Cherokee to Tuscumbia
{Memphis & Charleston RR}. Purdy would,
I think, be the most convenient point from which to draw our
supplies during the movement contemplated. I respectfully request
also that good scouts be kept constantly near Memphis
to give timely notice of the collection of any force at that point
or any movement from it.
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| J. B. Hood
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| General
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