OR, Series 1, Vol. 19, Part 2, Page 658A

War Department, C. S. A.
Richmond, Va., October 9, 1862
 
General R. E. Lee  {Near Winchester, Va.}
Commanding &c.
 
General,
   This letter will be handed you by Mr. R. L. Owen, president {Virginia &} Tennessee Railroad Company, who is authorized to bring away such rolling stock of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as may be suitable for his road. You are respectfully requested to afford him every facility that you can in connection with the proposed enterprise.
Your obedient servant
G. W. Randolph
Secretary of War

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