| Engineer Bureau |
| July 22, 1864 |
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| Capt. E. T. D. Myers Chf Engr &c |
| Roanoke Station R. & D. R. R. {Richmond
& Danville RR} |
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| Your telegram recd. Keep (80) eighty of
hand impressed from Halifax for repairs of track. Take up 5 miles of
light rail from Northern terminus of Statesville R. Rd. {Atlantic,
Tennessee & Ohio RR} and deliver it to Q. M. at Statesville
for safe keeping for the present. |
| By order Maj Genl.
Gilmer Chf Bur. |
| A. L. Rives |
| Col. &c |
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