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84 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
than I had ever dreamed of. I had not seen uniformed
officers or men west of the Mississippi River,
and had known nothing of red tape in the army.
Knowing nothing of the organization of the army
beyond our own brigade, I had everything to learn
in reference to the proper quartermaster, forage
master, and master of transportation, as I must
needs have railroad transportation for my forage.
So beginning at the top, I made my way to General
Beauregard's headquarters; from there I was
directed to division headquarters; thence to a quartermaster;
and from one quartermaster to another,
until I had about done the town-and finally found
the right man. One lesson learned not to be gone
over. Finding there was no difficulty in getting forage
delivered in Corinth, I had now to hunt up the
master of transportation and satisfy him of the impossibility
of hauling it on wagons. Owing to the
immense business just then crowding the railroad
and the scarcity of rolling stock, it was really a difficult
matter to get the transportation; but by dint
of perseverance in the best persuasive efforts I
could bring to bear, I succeeded in having one day's
rations sent out by rail. The next day the same
thing as to transportation had to be gone over, and
the next, and the next, and each succeeding day it
became more difficult to accomplish, until a day came
when it was impossible to get the forage hauled out
at all.
I rode back to camp and notified the battery and
the different headquarters that I would issue forage
in Corinth, which would have to be brought out on
horseback. All accepted the situation cheerfully'
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/92/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.