Thos. L. Snead to JoHN ADAMS, Columbus, Miss, August 7, 1862
August 7, 1862.
August 7, 1862. Colonel FALKNER, Commanding Partisan Rangers:
CoLoNEL: The major-general commanding directs me to say in reply to your questions thatâ
is i st. You will send all prisoners to headquarters without unnecessary elay.
2d. You will pursue a kinl and conciliatory policy toward all Union men who are not suspected of giving aid and comfort to the enemy. These you will arrest and keep under guard and notify the general of the fact. Private property must not be impressed.
3d. You will promptly arrest all men who sell cotton to the enemy and send them to these headquarters.
4th. You will make your requisitions for quartermasterâs and commissary supplies upon any post quartermaster or commissary, and such officer is hereby s#chorized and required to fill such requisitions when practicable.
It is utterly impossible to furnish you transportation from this point. The chief quartermaster of the army will be directed to give you in structions as to that and as to the purchase of forage.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
TUPELO, MISS., August 7, 1862.
Col. JoHN ADAMS, Columbus, Miss. :
Only two regiments can be left at Columbus, and they must be in
readiness to move.
Assistant Adjutant-General.