| Grenada |
| June 17, 1862 |
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| Colonel Shelby |
| Tallahatchie Bridge |
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| Break up the track, if you can, beyond
the bridge and cut off the telegraph and save the apparatus. Bring
all rolling stock this side of the bridge and prevent its falling
into the hands of the enemy. Prepare to destroy the railroad track
over the bridge, and call on President Goodman {of
the Mississippi Central RR}, at Oxford, for an agent to assist in effecting it. |
| Communicate with Colonel Jackson your
position. Send here all useless men and baggage from your regiment,
and retain cars enough to prevent surprise. Burn cotton toward Holly
Springs
in the vicinity of the enemy. Keep couriers observing his movements.
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| Daniel Ruggles
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| Brigadier-General
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| C. S. Army
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