| Head Qr Dept Miss & E La |
| Jackson Mch 9 1863 |
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| Maj L Mims Chf Q. M. |
| Jackson |
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| Major, |
| The breaks upon the Southern
{(of Mississippi)} R. R. between this and
Vicksburg at two points will I fear compel a resort to hand cars to
transfer subsistence & ordnance stores across them, these supplies, as
you are aware, are imperatively necessary at this time. And therefore,
unless you ascertain to a certainty that the cars themselves can be
moved across either by locomotives or by hand before another 24 hours,
you will take measures to have a sufficient number of hand cars at the
points referred to, derived from any source necessary to transport the
supplies with the least possible delay. I have directed Dr. Emanuel V.
P. S. RR that no passenger trains can be allowed to run on at present
but that all transportation must be applied to stores. I have also
directed these hand cars be sent to the obstructions for the object
stated. I think you had better push forward the loaded cars as soon as
you ascertain by telegraph that the obstructions can be get over in any
way. |
| Very Respy |
| J. C. Pemberton |
| Lt Genl Comdg |
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