May 11, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas)
La Grange, Texas, May 4th, 1863.
Editor Telegraph:–Please inform me through the columns of your paper whether a person can travel from here to Richmond, Va., without very much risk of person or baggage, and if so, the best route to be taken. Very respectfully yours,
Subscriber.
It depends on the person. If a lady we should say no; if a good woodsman yes. At present you go to Shreveport, and thence down Red River to some point which you will learn at Shreveport, when you will wait for something to turn up; when that happens, it may be in a day or two or a week, you will get across the Mississippi some way, and then ladies can travel well enough to Richmond and back again, though there is some risk of losing baggage any where, especially when you change cars. The best way is to take no baggage, then if you will have to walk forty miles, you will have nothing but yourself to carry.