I have seen General Wood's statement, which is true in all
particulars so far as my own observation goes, and I have had even far
better opportunities than General Wood of knowing the character of the
people he now protects, and while protecting, is ignored socially and
damned politically; for it is a noticeable fact that, after a sojourn in
Mobile of upwards of six weeks in command of the State, during part of
which time he was ill and suffering, he received but one call socially out
of a community heretofore considered one of the most opulent, refined, and
hospitable of all the maritime cities of the South, the favorite home of
the officers of the army and the navy in by-gone days; and that one call
from General Longstreet, who was simply in transitu.
THOMAS KILBY SMITH,
_Brigadier General United States Volunteers_.
No. 10.
HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI,
_Jackson, Mississippi, August_ 27, 1865.
General: The northern district of Mississippi embraces that portion of the
State north of southern boundary lines of Clark, Jasper, Smith, Simpson,
and Hinds counties, except the six counties (Warren, Yazoo, Issaquena,
Washington, Sunflower, and Bolivar) constituting the western district.
The entire railroad system of the State is within my district, and
although these lines of communication were seriously injured during the
war, steps are being taken everywhere to repair them as fast as means can
be procured.
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