B19, RRB X/XXA/1863

P. 42
   Lack of system and authority to command the men to be transported caused much confusion and delay, until I reported that it was impossible to carry the number of troops equal to the capacity of the trains or to expedite their movement, unless the officers commanding such were instructed to be governed by the person immediately in charge of transportation. After long experience of this kind, General Lee ordered that the troops upon arrival at the point of embarkation should be governed in embarking by the officer in charge of the train. This enabled me to carry out the plan of having each regiment, or command, march in line parallel to the train in waiting, counting them off by companies. The captains of the companies were required to place them in the cars accordingly.

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