The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 704
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KY,, SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND.N. GA. [CHAP. XLIV.
HEADQUARTERS,:
In the Field, Decatur Road, February 10, 1864-7 a. m.
Major-General FRENCH,
Newton:
GENERAL: I send Private Moore, Twenty-eighth Mississippi Cav-
alry, to go by Newton, in order to get the telegraphing magnet and
wire in use by the operator I sent over last night, or any instrument
that can be had readily, for the purpose of sending it to General S.
D. Lee, to be used by his operator. Please see that it is sent by
Moore. If you apprehend any difficulty in getting off your bat-
teries and wagon train do not wait for them, but send them to Me-
ridian via Decatur road. They can be ordered to follow you from
Meridian. My information is that the enemy is moving in the direc-
tion of Raleigh. I have ordered Lee to throw himself between the
enemy and railroad, and to send couriers to the tations to advise
of the enemy's whereabouts.
By command of Lieutenant-General Polk:
DOUGLAS WEST,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
GRENADA, February 10, 1864-11 a. m.
Lieutenant-General Polk:
GENERAL: Arrived here last night. General Forrest is at Oxford.
I go there this evening. The following received last night:
PANOLA, February 10, 1864.
General FORREST :
My scouts report Federals fell back. Part of them encamped at Senatobia, bal-
ance at Hickahale. McCulloch skirmished with them till dark. Scouts from- rear
give same statement of force. . Reported they have pontoons. Not certain.
THOS. HENDERSON,
Captain Independent Scouts.
Chalmers represents enemy's force at 1,530 infantry, 130 cavalry,
and 6 pieces of artillery, and 6 wagons loaded with pontoons. Major
Echols, at Goodman's Station, has information from south that Mc-
Pherson's and Logan's corps, commanded by Sherman, are 25,000
strong. No enemy in Jackson. Three gun-boats and seven trans-
ports in Yazoo River, near Satartia, said to be waiting for re-enforce-
ments to move forward. This information is of the 9th.
W. N. MERCER OTEY,
Signal Officer.
MERIDIAN, February 10, -1864.
General POLK:
It is my judgment from the direction taken by the enemy that
Mobile is his destination. He will in all probability pursue the high
road to Enterprise, De Soto, or Shubuta, near which stations are the
two Chickasawha bridges, for the purpose of destroying them. I
have heard from several sources that the enemy took a southward
course with a large column after leaving Morton. McDowell is at
the Tombigbee River, 4 miles below Demopolis, on the west bank of
the river,
PM. EMANUEL.704
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