| 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 {Nashville & Decatur RR RR} 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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