| Augusta Ga. |
| Febry 16th 1865 |
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| Col. Geo. Wm. Brent |
| A. A. G. |
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| Colonel, |
| In obedience to your orders to
proceed to Camak & Mayfield to ascertain the causes of the delay
in the shipping of troops from those points, I have the honor to
report. |
| At Mayfield {on
the Milledgeville RR} there is no detention
whatever. There is regularly one train daily for Camak with a
sufficient no. of cars to transport the Troops as they arrive, a
distance of fourteen miles. There is a very competent officer on duty
at that point, (Maj Throckmorton) who rushes the troops forward as
rapidly as they arrive. At Camak {on the Georgia
RR} only one delay has occurred which was in the moving of Genl
Walthals command, caused by the delay of the trains from above on the
Georgia Road ??? assigned from the fact that the supply of wood &
water from Union Point has been consumed by foreign trains running on
that section of the road transporting the supplies & stock of
these foreign trains. Now that the emergency has passed there is no occasion
for any future delays. |
| All of the regular organized
troops except Browns & Frenches Divisions & the artillery have
arrived & now that only stragglers & furloughed men are coming
in there will be at all times a sufficient number of trains daily to
meet this want. |
| The Ordnance stores are
arriving at Mayfield daily & I understand Genl Hill had ordered
all stores of that description stopped at Camak but I do not think
there is storage room sufficient to make these stores safe at that
point & would respectfully suggest some change in the order. |
| I have the honor to be Col. |
| Very Respectfully |
| Your obt Svt |
| Gus A. Henry Jr. |
| Lt. Col. & ??? |