| Engineer Bureau |
| May 5th, 1863 |
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| Endorsement on letter from Hon. J. B. Heiskell
(no date) relative to the question of aid to the "Rogersville
& Jefferson Rail Road Co." in completing the bridge over the
Holston River. |
| "Respectfully returned to the Hon.
Sec. of War. In the opinion of this Bureau the Rogersville &
Jefferson R. Rd. is not of sufficient importance to the Southern
Confederacy in the present situation of affairs to justify the loan
asked for." |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Col. of Engr. & Chf of Bureau |
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