| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Jan. 3d /65 |
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| J. W. Wilson Supt. {Superintendent,
Western North Carolina RR} |
| Salisbury, N. C. |
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| Our necessities require your immediate
aid. Send two of your best engines to Greensboro for Piedmont road
without an hours delay. Col. Sims leaves for Greensboro tomorrow and
will arrange terms with you, but the help we must have immediately. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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