| Headquarters Army of Tennessee |
| Six Miles from Nashville, Tenn., December 6, 1864 |
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| General G. T. Beauregard |
| Macon, Ga. |
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| Please have the railroad repaired to
Decatur {on the Memphis & Charleston RR} as
soon as possible. Orders should be given for the impressment of the
labor and material necessary at once. The Alabama & Tennessee
Railroad is
now in good order from here to Pulaski, and can soon be run to
Decatur. Have now on it two good engines and three cars. Will have
more cars in a day or two. It is important that the garrisons from
Corinth to Decatur, including both places, should be garrisoned by
troops other than from this army; perhaps the reserves in Alabama
and Mississippi could be used for the purpose. |
| J. B. Hood
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| General
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