| Headquarters Trans-Mississippi Department |
| Shreveport |
| June 3, 1863 |
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| Brig. Gen. P. O. Hebert |
| Commanding, &c., Monroe, La. |
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| I am informed the railroad bridges over
the Bayous Macon and Tensas
{Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas RR} can
be repaired in twenty-four hours. |
| Major-General Taylor should now be
opposite Vicksburg with his forces, and if the reports of General
Grant's discomfiture at Vicksburg are true, the Vicksburg Railroad
should be repaired to Richmond as speedily as practicable, or, if it
cannot be repaired as far as Richmond, it should be put in running
order as far east as possible. You will inform Major-General Taylor
what you determine to do. |
| E. Kirby Smith |
| Lieutenant-General, Commanding |
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