| Danville |
| May 17, 1864 |
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| General B. Bragg |
| Richmond, Va. |
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| All of our cavalry are
without arms, but are being armed at different points. If you will
order this railroad to transport 600 horses fifty miles, which they
can easily do, I can have a force of 2,000 cavalry at Burkeville
to-morrow. I have as yet heard nothing from my messages to you of
yesterday. |
| P. M. B. Young |
| Brigadier-General |
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| Indorsement |
| General Braxton Bragg |
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| General, |
| The transportation of 600
horses will require about sixty cars {4 15-car
trains} and will take our freight trains two days. Our means
of transportation are all needed for supplies destined for that
city. |
| Respectfully, your obedient servant, |
| C. G. Talcott |
| Superintendent Richmond & Danville
Railroad |
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