| Quartermaster General's Department |
| November 21st 1864 |
| |
| Wm. Johnston |
| Prest. C&SC R. R. {President,
Charlotte & South Carolina RR} |
| Columbia, S. C. |
| |
| Sir, |
| I am instructed by the Q. M.
Genl. to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of 17th and to reply
that there is certainly no disposition to put upon your road
any iron, except such as may be absolutely necessary as it is almost
impossible to supply even that. |
| Your views as to the iron
required on your road, are invited and will receive the most careful
consideration. |
| W. F. Alexander, Asst. to Q. M. Genl. |
|