| Headquarters |
| Near Nashville, Tenn., on Franklin Pike |
| December 13, 1864 |
| |
| General G. T. Beauregard |
| Montgomery, Ala. |
| |
| Major Whitfield, the quartermaster
charged with rebuilding the railroad from Cherokee toward Decatur
{Memphis & Charleston RR}, still complains of not being able to obtain the necessary labor
and material. Please give him the authority to impress at once all
that is necessary. |
| J. B. Hood |
| General |
|