| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Feb 11th 1863 |
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| Gov. J. E. Brown |
| Milledgeville Geo. |
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| Your dispatch submitted to the Secretary of War, who
directed the following reply be made to it. "The principle which the
Government has adopted, and is constrained to adhere to, is to exact
priority only to the freight of the Government, and to leave all other
transportation to the free action of the Rail Road Companies." |
| A C Myers |
| Q M Genl |
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| Sent by telegram |
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