| {Below is the filing
information that is usually put on the back of documents received. The
document itself is not in the preserved papers at the Duke University
Special Collections} |
| Hd Qrs Ala Miss & E. La. |
| Meridian Miss |
| 14th February 1865 |
| |
| R. Taylor {sender of
the document (missing) summarized below} |
| Lt Genl Commdg |
| |
| Troops ordered East have gone
except Sharps & Brantley's Brigades. |
| Soldiers furloughed at Corinth
& Tupelo come in very slowly. West Tenn soldiers going to Paducah Ky &
taking oath of allegiance to Federal Gen. Commanding furlough by
organizations most detrimental want of money seriously difficulty in
Department Troops & Citizens demoralized and unwilling to trust
Government. Any attempts to proceed as ordered will prove signal failure
within 30 days. Enemy converging Mobile objective point. Enemy can
invest place as recent branch reorganizing Cavalry. St??ters corps
landed at Memphis on 10th Woods (14th) in ??? River valley & being
mounted. If enemy to use considerable force in this direction, country
this side of Tombigbee must be abandoned & must involve loss of rolling
stocks on R. R. west of that River as there are no bridges over it |