| Hdqrs. Department of Western Virginia |
| Dublin |
| January 20, 1864 |
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| R. L. Owen, Esq. |
| President of Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
| Lynchburg
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| Sir,
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| The Secretary of War directs me to take
military possession of the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad
and appoint you military superintendent. He further directs that I
appoint a board of officers to take an inventory of all the
property, locomotives, cars, and machinery, and send damaged
locomotives and cars for repairs to the workshops of the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad. Please procure all information you can as to
the property of all kinds belonging to the East Tennessee &
Virginia Railroad, and where it may be found, and inform me. If you
can do so, please come here without delay. The Secretary's telegram
was in cipher, so say nothing of this.
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| Very respectfully, &c. |
| Sam. Jones |
| Major-General |
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