| June 23, 1862 |
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| General M. Jeff. Thompson |
| Panola {on the
Mississippi & Tennessee RR} |
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| General, |
| Withdraw most of your force to Panola.
Let the trains bring down freight at once. Let the freight cars and
passenger cars, excepting one or two, remain under the orders of
Colonel Hurt, military superintendent of transportation. It is a
case of urgency.
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| Daniel Ruggles
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| Brigadier-General C. S. Army
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