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Quartermaster's Office
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Strasburg, Aug. 10, 1861
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| Col. Angus McDonald {Commanding
7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, near Winchester, Va.} |
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| My Dear Sir, |
| I introduce to your acquaintance and
particular attention my friend, Mr. Sharp, the "Special Agent of
the Confederate States." I have no doubt you are fully aware of
the important services Mr. Sharp has rendered in his prompt and
successful removal of a large number of locomotives to this place from
Martinsburg for the use of the Southern Confederacy. He has just
returned from a most remarkable and eminently successful enterprise,
viz., the removal of two splendid engines from Leesburg to Piedmont
Depot on the M. G. R. R. {Manassas Gap RR}
the accomplishment of which has attracted the attention and elicited
the admiration of all in that section of the country and the
congratulations and thanks of the officers of this R. R. Company. Mr.
Sharp now only needs your protecting wing to complete his valuable
labors in another direction, the importance of which, I feel confident
you will fully appreciate, and after his explanation and evidence of
his authority to embark in the matter, will elicit your full
approbation and protection. Knowing your own eagerness to "prey
upon the enemy" and engage in all that would add to our cause and
their discomfort, I leave Mr. Sharp to explain everything to you
himself. |
| Very Sincerely and Respectfully Yours, |
| W. T. Jones {President,
Petersburg RR?} |
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