| Southern
Telegraph |
| |
| Received at Richd Feb 9 1863
at o'clock
minutes |
| By telegraph from Mobile 9 To Presdt
Confederate States |
| |
| Qr Master Mims & all others in Gen
Pemberton's command are preventing the shipment of corn for private
interests there is an abundance corn for the army & people but
these orders have produced great distress & suffering among the
poor & soldiers families in there no relief |
| L J Fleming |
| Chf Engr & Genl Supt {Mobile
& Ohio RR} |