Headquarters Military Division of the West |
Tupelo, Miss, January 18, 1865 |
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General J. B. Hood |
Commanding Army of Tennessee |
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General, |
Understanding that the transportation of
Lee's corps will be ready in the morning. I desire the movement of
Lee's corps from here to Augusta, via Montgomery, Macon, and
Milledgeville, should commence as soon as practicable. The troops
should leave here with at least twenty rounds of ammunition in their
cartridge-boxes, with three days' cooked rations, which should be
renewed at Meridian and Montgomery, and four days at Macon. The
troops sent via Mobile will renew their rations at that point,
instead of Meridian. The artillery moving from Columbus, Miss., will
be supplied with rations and forage sufficient to last to
Montgomery, where they will renew their supplies, as well as at
Macon. Your chief quartermaster and commissary will make the
necessary arrangements for the rapid transportation of these troops
to their destination |
Respectfully, your obedient servant, |
G. T. Beauregard |
General |
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