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Received at Dec 15 1864
By telegraph from Mobile 15 To Col G W Brent
Force Should be assembled at Pollard or nearest point above if Enemy be at Pollard line down between here and Pollard Since ten a.m. if I can get enough Cars at Tensas Clantons brigade dismounted will go up as far as possible Brigade of Cavalry also gone to operate from Blakely Capt Marshall reports one hundred & twenty five men organized at Greenville Send them arms &c. Mail train just through from Pollard
D H Maury
Maj Genl Comdg
74W3060pay1480
Citation: Dabney Herndon Maury (1822-1900), telegram to George William Brent. Mobile, Ala.; 15 December 1864. In The telegraphic history of the Civil War, 1861-1865. AMs 434/16