| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Oct. 22nd 1864 |
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| Maj. Geo Whitfield |
| Meridian, Miss. |
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| Sir, |
| I am instructed by the Q. M.
Genl. to inform you that Maj. J. S. Bransford Army Tenn. reports very
serious delays in the running of trains on the Ala. & Tenn. River
R. R. by reason of an insufficient supply of water & to instruct
you to take steps to remedy the evil as early as possible. |
| Ch. Morris, Capt. & for QMG |
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