NA, VC 4/1/1862

Richmond April 1st 1862

 
Captain T R Sharp is authorized to procure from Maj A M Barbour the Penitentiary Convicts and from Major Core or Qr Mr at Fredericksburg a sufficient number of negroes to make 200 with rations for the same, for the purpose of lengthening the turnouts on the {Virginia} Central R Road between Gordonsville & Richmond, to better enable trains carrying troops to pass each other.
J E Johnston
General

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