Corinth, Mississippi, November 1st, 1864.
General
G. T. Beauregard.
I fear you have
greatly over-estimated the capacity and condition of this railroad to transport
the supplies for General Hood's Army.
Most of the bridges
between here and Okolona were destroyed and recently only patched up to pass a
few trains of supplies for General Forrest, and are liable to be swept away by
freshets which we may soon expect. The cross-ties are so much decayed that
three trains ran off yesterday, and the track will be still worse in rainy
weather.
I have called upon
General Taylor for additional labor, and will use every effort to forward the
supplies, but deem it due to you to advise you of the true condition of the
road.
(Signed)
L. J. FLEMING,
Chief Engineer and General Superintendent M. & O. R. R.
SOURCES: John
Bell Hood, Advance and Retreat, p. 271-2
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