| From the Raleigh Confederate |
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| April 13, 1864 |
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| The Mails |
| A good deal has been said, and much blame
attached to the military authorities, for the impressment of the
trains and the stoppage of the mails on the N. C. Railroad. We are not
aware who is at fault for this stoppage; but we find in the book of
"General Orders," the following, from which it is inferable
that the Road either did not attach the mail car, as required in the
Order, or the military authorities transcended their powers, if they
had the mail car left off: |
| As it is of the greatest importance to the
country that the mails should be transmitted with regularity and
promptness, it is ordered that, whenever the exigencies of the service
render it necessary to use the mail trains for the transportation of
troops and military supplies, the officer directing the movement will
give orders to have the mail car attached to the train and carried on
its proper route, or at least to the point where it may become
necessary to stop or divert the transportation train. |
| By order of General Lee |
| T. A. Washington |
| Major and A. A. G. |
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