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Received at Nov 25 1864
By telegraph from Mobile 25 To ColG W Brent
A A G
The following just rec’d = Holly Springs November 24th = Memphis scouts reports all forces at Memphis gone up River except the negroes Nashville Gazette says Shermans force Consists of Army of Tennessee under Howard & Slocum’s corps = force under Thomas Consists of the Five [illeg.] Corps & Large Detachments of other Corps
Signed R H Bonner Hendersons scouts
D H Maury
Maj Gen Comdg
56-1120 DN
Citation: Dabney Herndon Maury (1822-1900), telegram to George William Brent. Mobile, Ala.; 25 November 1864. In The telegraphic history of the Civil War, 1861-1865. AMs 434/16