| Engineer Bureau |
| Richmond, January 6th 1863 |
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| Capt. J. A. Haydon |
| Richmond, Va. |
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| Captain, |
| You will proceed without delay to the
points at which the East Tennessee & Virginia Rail Road crosses the
Holston & Wataga rivers, and report to Captain L. P. Grant, Corps of
Engineers Provisional Army, for duty as an assistant on the
reconstruction of the bridges recently destroyed by the enemy. |
| Very Respectfully Yours |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Colonel & Chief Engineer Bureau |
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