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or 600 yards from shore. Major St. Paul says they passed so far from shore that the howitzers in the tops of the ships failed to reach the shore with their projectiles.
Respectfully, &c.,
DABNEY H. MAURY,
Major-General, Commanding.
[Received at War Records Office too late for publication with other papers pertaining to the same subject in Part I. For reference to Barrett's report, see Maury to Harrison, October 6, 1864, Part I, p 431.]
OXFORD, MISS., August 20, 1864-12 m.
Major-General MAURY,
Mobile:
Enemy re-enforced by two brigades of infantry estimated at 3,000. Have advanced within four miles of Oxford. We skirmished with them yesterday and this morning. Rains every day, roads terrible, and streams swollen. He cannot travel fast. I have sent off everything I can spare, and am prepared for light travel. General Forrest passed Senatobia this morning. If he can cross Coldwater to-day he is safe.
JAS. R. CHALMERS,
Brigadier-General.
MERIDIAN, August 20, 1864.
Brigadier-General CHALMERS,
Oxford:
Governor Clark reports 2,000 militia at Macon. Denis' battalion of reserves left Enterprise 18th. What militia and reserves have you at Grenada? Move them in accordance with General Forrest's instructions and enemy's movements.
D. H. MAURY,
Major-General, Commanding Department.
OXFORD, MISS., August 20, 1864-4 p. m.
Major-General MAURY,
Mobile:
General Forrest left no instructions about the reserve and militia at Grenada, and I have no report of their strength. My situation here is critical. Yockeney rising rapidly behind me and may become impassable, and when the enemy discovers the absence of General Forrest and my weakness he may press me. I have been on constant duty twenty days and my men and horses are much jaded, and nearly all ammunition issued to men destroyed by constant rains.
JAS. R. CHALMERS,
Brigadier-General.
OXFORD, MISS., August 20, 1864-5 p. m.
Major-General MAURY,
Mobile:
My supplies, cooking utensils, and ordnance are south of Yockeney and we are out of rations, and but little ammunition, and the river rising. The enemy can drive us from here when he chooses, and after
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