NA, RR 3/3/1863

Southern Telegraph
 
Received at Richd March 3, 1863 at          o'clock      minutes,
By telegraph from Jackson  3  To Col A C Myers  QMG
 
I have purchased one thousand (100) tons rail road iron suitable for wagon tires at twenty (20) cents per pound do you sanction it
L Mims
Maj & Chf QM
{The "100" is likely in error. For the iron to be suitable for wagon tires, it must have been flat rail. If 35 pounds per yard, this would be enough track to lay about18 miles, both sides. While various construction projects (particularly the Piedmont RR) would have been happy to get the iron to use for track, the need to use 125 cars to transport it across the Confederacy made it out of the question. Some of this iron was probably from the defunct Raymond RR.}

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