OR, Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1312

Charlotte, March 2, 1865
 
His Excellency Z. B. Vance, Raleigh, N. C.
  
   I find that not the War Department but General Beauregard ordered the widening of the {North Carolina RR} railroad. I consider the extension of the work to Danville {on the Piedmont RR} a military necessity.
J. E. Johnston

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