| Headquarters Department of Western Virginia |
| Dublin, March 18, 1863 |
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| Col. John McCausland |
| Commanding, &c., Princeton, Mercer County, Va. |
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| Colonel, |
| Your letter of the 15th was received
yesterday. The quartermasters and commissaries report to me that all
the supplies you need have been sent down by the river, except the
corn. I regret that it has not been in my power to send the corn.
The supply on which I relied was on the way over the
East Tennessee
& Virginia Railroad, and would have been here in time if it had
not been detained by the passage over the road of Abolition
prisoners captured in Middle Tennessee. It will be sent forward as
soon as possible. Do not start on your expedition until you are
supplied with all that is really needed. It is more than probable
that I shall in a day or two receive such information from General
Jenkins as to make it necessary to delay you a day or two longer.
His command started from
Jeffersonville
on the 16th instant, and I feel quite sure it cannot strike the
Kanawha before the 26th instant. In that ease, you would have to
delay your departure until the 24th instant. |
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| Very respectfully and truly, |
| Sam. Jones |
| Major-General |
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