OR, Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 1, Page 749

Headquarters
Clay's House
June 17, 1864 -- 10:30 a.m.
 
His Excellency Jefferson Davis
Richmond, Va.
 
   ***** Have ordered railroad at Port Walthall {the Richmond & Petersburg RR}, destroyed by enemy yesterday, to be repaired and reopened.
R. E. Lee
General

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