The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 24, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 654
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MISSISSIPPI, WEST TENNESSEE, ETC.
JACKSON, March 6, 1863.
General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Chattanooga, Tenn.:
We will co-operate when practicable. Have had interview. No gun.
boats of enemy between Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Water too high
to raise Indianola now. Enemy works day and night at canal. Enemy
reported yesterday in Coldwater, mouth of Yazoo Pass; large force.
Enemy collecting mortar-boats at Baton Rouge. My main difficulty to
contend with at present is transportation of supplies. Railroad much
injured by heavy rains. Have sent to Corinth for information. Latest
is that enemy is massing troops there.
J. C. PEMBERTON.
JACKSON, March 6, 1863.
Major-General STEVENSON, Vicksburg :
Are you aware that Bayou Pierre is navigable at high water? Grand
Gulf may be taken in the rear. You can occupy Grand Gulf with
Featherston's brigade and field battery of Parrott guns.
J. C. PEMBERTON.
JACKSON, March 6, 1863.
Maj. Gen. C. L. STEVENSON, Vicksburg :
Prevent circulation of to-day's issue of Appeal and Crisis in Vicks-
burg, as well as the Mississippian.
J. C. PEMBERTON.
CHATTANOOGA, March 6, 1863.
General S. COOPER :
One [R. V.] Richardson, claiming to have authority of the War
Department to raise partisan rangers in Mississippi and West Ten-
nessee, is accused of great oppression. If he has any authority, I
respectfully recommend that it be withdrawn.
J. E. JOHNSTON.
FIRST DISTRICT, DEPT. OF MISS. AND EASTERN LA.,
Columbus, Miss., March 6, 1863.
Lieut. Col. J. R. WADDY, Assistant Adjutant-General:
SIR : I have the honor to state, for the information of the lieutenant-
general commanding, that much anxiety exists among planters through-
out Northeastern Mississippi on the question of protection of the plant-
ing interest generally. At present the protection is inadequate, and
they are apprehensive that the labor and expense incurred in sowing
their crop will be lost, and that the undertaking will be attended with
disaster. It is apparently well understood that the district embraced
covers about the best grain-producing portion of the State, and would
be capable, under careful, or even ordinary, management, of producing
supplies for almost the entire force now employed in the department.
This district has been much depended on for supplies since the great
campaign opened at Corinth more than a year since.
I have, in connection with the immediate demand for supplies, ordered
Lieutenant-Colonel [C. R.] Barteau to advance to Verona, 16 miles above
Okolona, although his troops are miserably armed, and deficient in num654
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