| December 19th 1864 |
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| States engine "Mars" is idle & there's no
probability of her being used for some time |
| Capt J M Robinson |
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| Dec 21/64 Refd to Col Sims. If wanted this
engine should by all means be secured & put to work. A R Lawton QMG |
| {Mars was a captured
union locomotive, owned by the Petersburg RR in 1864.} |
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| Entry in Quartermaster General's Letters
Received Register |