| Hd. Qrs Dept. M & E La |
| Jackson Feb 19 1863 |
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| Major Mangum |
| Comdg Post Meridian |
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| Major, |
| I am directed by the Lt Genl
Comdg to instruct you to prevent all shipments of subsistence down the
Mobile & Ohio Road from Meridian. Not a pound of corn, meat or meal is
to be permitted to go to Mobile, except upon the written order of Lt
Genl Pemberton |
| I am Major |
| Very Respy &c |
| W. H. Carole |
| A. A. G. |
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