Headquarters Military Division Of The Mississippi,
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1864.
I was inexpressibly gratified by the reception your
affectionate letter of 26th inst., handed me to-day. It came just in time, for
I have my orders, and am about leaving for Eastport, Mississippi, via Paducah,
and a steamboat is in waiting to carry me down the Cumberland and up the
Tennessee. I shall debark close to the old battle-ground of Shiloh.
I shall probably take command of a division made up from my
old division and another in Smith's corps. After a little there will be a new
organization entire of the army here, and I shall hope to be recognized.
SOURCE: Walter George Smith, Life and letters of
Thomas Kilby Smith, p. 374
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