W. W. Loring to John C. Pemberton, December 27, 1862

HEADQUARTERS, &O.,
Grenada, December 27, 1862.

Lieut. Gen. J. OC. PEMBERTON, Oommanding :

GENERAL: The most of one brigade of Maury’s division, including artillery, left this morning for Vaughan’s Station; the remainder will leave to-morrow. Immediately on the receipt of your telegram ordering the division, instructions were at once given for it to leave as soon as transportation could be furnished, with a full supply of ammunition and three days’ cooked rations, taking their cooking utensils and leaving their heavy baggage. Their transportation was also ordered by the road, and in order that we might proceed in accordance with your wishes you were telegraphed to know if it was so desired.

your obedient servant,

Major-General, Commanding.
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GRENADA, December 27, 1862.
Lieutenant-General PEMBERTON :
Two scouts, Lieutenant Coleburn and Captain Forrest, report that a
considerable force of the enemy—cavalry, artillery, and infantry—landed
at Friar’s Point and were last seen near General Alcorn’s, on the Yazoo