| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Sept. 3, 1861 |
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| Mr. R. L. Owen {President,
Virginia & Tennessee RR} |
| Lynchburg, Va. |
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| Sir, |
| Cant you help to haul stores from
Knoxville, by lending your locomotives for use on the road from
Knoxville to Bristol. The Government is in distress for want of stores
at Knoxville. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Gl. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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