| Head Quarters Meridian |
| Novr 30th 1863 |
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| Special Orders No. 261 |
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| II. Lieut. Col. Lockett, Chief
Engineer, will take immediate steps to have a bridge built over Pearl
River at Jackson, Miss. {Southern (of Mississippi)
RR} |
| By Command of |
| General Johnston |
| Benj. S. Ewell |
| A. A. Genl. |
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