| Augusta |
| February 13, 1865 |
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| Maj. W. Clarke |
| Assistant Inspector-General |
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| Major, |
| General Beauregard directs that you will
forthwith proceed to inquire into the causes at this point in delays
of the transportation of troops. General Walthall's division reached
Mayfield yesterday {about 6 miles west of the
end of the Milledgeville RR} and did not arrive to-day.
Ascertain where the blame rests. Inquire into the capacity of the
Georgia Railroad for the transportation of troops, and probe
thoroughly its operations to ascertain if it be to blame, and, if to
blame, whether from inefficiency, carelessness, or indisposition to
aid the public service. |
| Respectfully, your obedient servant, |
| George Wm. Brent |
| Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General |
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