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nst you as would be irresistible by your isolated force, and by the same means to place the army here in such condition as would enable it in turn to reinforce you when the season will make it practicable for you by active operations to expel the army from Arkansas. * * * I hope you will be able to detach the required number of men to reinforce General Johnston to the extent set forth in the accompanying letters. * * * Whatever may be done should be done with all possible dispatch. On December 29th Gen. T. H. Holmes acknowledged the receipt of Mr. Davis' letter with inclosures, to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the department of the West, and while concurring in all that had been said as to the importance of holding Vicksburg, which can scarcely be exaggerated, he replied, among other things, that while it was painful to him to have failed for any reason to render the desired assistance, he considered it imperative to retain all his small force, which had been greatly exaggera