| Hd Qrs Trans. Miss Dept |
| Shreveport La Mar 4th 1864 |
| |
| Major E. A. Blanch |
| Chf Eng S. P. R. R. Co
{Southern Pacific RR} |
| Marshall Texas |
| |
| Major, |
| I am directed by the Lieut
Genl Comdg to ask if you have an Agent to send to Monroe La. to
superintend the moving of rails &c from that place. |
| I am sir very respectfully |
| Your obt servt |
| W R Boggs |
| Brig Gen & Chf of Staff |
| {These rails would
have come from the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas RR and were probably
shipped by boat down the Ouachita River and back up to Shreveport on the
Red River} |