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{From the minutes of the
Directors' Meeting of the Richmond & Danville RR, January 5, 1865} |
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| Richmond January 5, 1865 |
| A called meeting of the Board
of Directors was held this day |
| Present Wood Bouldin President pro tem |
|
Jno R Edmunds, R O Haskins, E G Leigh, Wm Palmer Directors |
| Jno R Edmunds having declined to act any
longer as President Pro Tem Wood Bouldin was thereupon elected
President pro tem |
| The President pro tem of the R&D rail road
Company having laid before the Board of Directors, an order of the
Secretary of War, ordering the impressment of the Piedmont rail road (as
copping below) |
| Resolved, That the President pro tem
Communicate to the Governor of Virginia and to the President of the
Board of Public Works copies of the said order calling to their
attention the interest of the state in the Company, in communicating
such other information as he may regard pertains |
| Copy |
| CSA War Department |
| Richmond Jany 4/65 |
| Wood Bouldin Esq |
| Sir, |
| Your note of today has been handed me.
Please find enclosed a copy of the order from this office directing the
seizure of the Piedmont rail road. No copy of orders issued from the Qr
Mr Generals office came to hand to night. Nor can a copy of the Act of
Congress be furnished as it was passed in secret session. |
| Very Respectfully |
| Your Obt Svt |
| Jas A Seddon |
| Secretary of War |
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| Adjutant & Inspector Generals Office |
| Richmond Decr 30, 1864 |
| Extract |
| Special orders |
| No 309 |
| XXXII As it has been reported to this Department
and the fact appears, that the Piedmont Rail Road running from Danville
in the State of Virginia to Greensboro in the State of North Carolina,
has unreasonably failed to comply with the requisitions of this
Department for the transportation of freight, supplies, material & more
for the Confederate States, thereby injuriously affecting their military
operations, Major S. R. Chisman of the Quarter Master Department, on
behalf of the Confederate States, will seize and impress said road with
all its Depots, Cars, Locomotives, running stock, Machinery and
implements, and turn the same over to the Quarter Master General, who is
invested with all the power and will perform all the duties provided for
by the Act of Congress, Approved May 1st, 1863 Entitled an Act to
facilitate transportation for the Government. |
| By Command of the Secretary |
| H L Clay |
| Asst Adjt Genl |
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| (Endorsed) |
| A&I Genl Office |
| Jany 4, 1865 |
| Official Copy for Jno W Riley |
|
Maj & A. A. G. |
| T T Keesen |
| Order Clerk |
| A. & I. Gn. O. |
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| Resolved, That the Superintendent of
Transportation shall discharge such duties as the General Superintendent
may require, and such duties as are now required by the regulations and
By laws to be discharged by the Superintendent of transportation, may be
performed by the General Superintendent and the salary of the
Superintendent shall be at the rate of ten thousand dollars per annum |
| Resolved, That the General Superintendent
be, and he is hereby authorised to furnish to the operatives during the
winter months at cost price to the Company, a supply of wood not
exceeding thirty cords per week |
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| The General Superintendent having
communicated to the Board an application of certain officers of the C S
Government for aid in procuring and forwarding to the Piedmont Rail Road
certain Engines impressed for the use of that road, It is ordered that
the assistance asked for be furnished. |