PEORIA (IL) MORNING MAIL, December 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
The railway fare from Shreveport, La., to Vicksburg is as follows: To Monroe, 110 miles, $10; Monroe to Talulla, by rail, 55 miles, $8; Talulla to Vicksburg, 25 miles, by stage $7 to $9. The roads are said to be very good. It is by this railway that the rebels bring their supplies from Texas.
Everything that I have read says that there was no railroad between Monroe and Shreveport before or during the war. Has anyone seen anything else to indicate differently?