679 Series I Volume XLV-II Serial 94 - Franklin - Nashville Part II
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MOBILE, December 11, 1864-3 a. m.
Major General FRANK GARDNER,
Meridian, Miss.:
Enemy advancing for Mobile. Push down troops as rapidly as possible.
D. H. MAURY,
Major-General, Commanding.
MOBILE, December 11, 1864-8 a. m.
General GARDNER:
Enemy is certainly coming here. Fleet increased in down bay and on the sound. McCulloch checked enemy's column near Leadesville yesterday evening. Have ordered Thomas down to Mobile with his infantry. Please push re-enforcements to me as fast as you can. Send Scott and other cavalry down west railroad to join McCulloch, guarding road and telegraph.
D. H. MAURY,
Major-General, Commanding.
MOBILE, December 11, 1864.
Major-General GARDNER,
Meridian, Miss.:
Send any re-enforcements you may have to Mobile, which seems to be the objective point of the enemy. Please let Scott unite with McCulloch. Thomas, with his brigade, arrived here.
D. H. MAURY,
Major-General, Commanding.
MOBILE, December 11, 1864.
Major-General GARDNER,
Meridian:
Please not approve any dispatch for press or other parties, giving information of enemy's movements. This is only way by which co-operating force can obtain information.
D. H. MAURY,
Major-General, Commanding.
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