| Thomas' House, Near Trumbull's Creek |
| December 9, 1862 |
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| Maj. Gen. Earl Van Doran |
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| My Dear General, |
| I am encamped on this creek, about 9
miles from Grenada. Some of Bowen's division are 4 miles below me. Between me and
Grenada
(2 miles above me) the Troy
road crosses the river, and has a practicable ford. There is another
ford near here. The Troy road, leading direct from Charleston, should be well guarded, and I am about to ride up and look for an
encampment there. |
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| If the engineer in charge of the works
will have the railroad iron taken up {could
mean the Mississippi Central RR or the Mississippi & Tennessee
RR, both are nearby}, and will make his parapets of
them, he will make quicker and better work of it. Those we have on
the Potomac
would resist a 10-inch shell, and they give a great sweep to the
gun, being so thin.
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| Sincerely, yours,
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| Dabney H. Maury
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