| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 26 Oct. 1861 |
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| Maj W L Cabell |
| AQM |
| Centreville Va |
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| Sir, |
| Have you ??? considered the necessity of making
military roads from Manassas to the entrenched camp in advance. You
should obtain if possible free negro labor, and if you have not done so
construct these roads. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. G. |
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