Richmond, September 30, 1861
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| Governor Joseph E. Brown |
| Atlanta, Ga. |
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| Being in urgent need of engines and cars, I
instructed the Quartermaster-General to impress a certain number of
them on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, paying a fair value, if
the owners would not sell or lease them. I did not know that the
road belonged to the State of Georgia when I gave these orders. I
have, of course, revoked them, but I appeal to you for aid. Without
some additional rolling-stock on the Virginia & East Tennessee
road it is utterly impossible to transport the troops and supplies
required for public defense. If you will let me have them I will
allow any reasonable recompense that Georgia demands.
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| J. P. Benjamin |
| Acting Secretary of War |
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| Atlanta, October 1, 1861 |
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| Hon. J. P. Benjamin |
| Acting Secretary of War |
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| Will write you fully our embarrassed condition
about engines and cars. I think you could get them from the Central
Railroad at Savannah, from the South Carolina Railroad at Charleston,
or from the Memphis & Charleston.
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| Joseph E. Brown |
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