| Special Orders No. 172 |
| Adjt. and Insp. General's Office |
| Richmond, July 22, 1864 |
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| XL. Col. T. M. R. Talcott, commanding
First Regiment Engineer Troops, will immediately proceed with his
command from his present position on the Richmond & Danville
Railroad to headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, via Richmond,
and report to General R. E. Lee, commanding, &c.
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| By command of the Secretary of War: |
| Saml. W. Melton |
| Assistant Adjutant-General |
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