| Adjutant & Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 21, 1865 |
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| Special Order No 17 |
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| XXXI Major E. T. D. Myers, Engineer Corps,
Provisional Army Confederate States, commissioner for the collection and
distribution of railroad iron, will proceed to Augusta, Ga., and such
other points as may be necessary, for the purpose of collecting and
distributing railroad iron for the repairs of the West Point and Atlanta
{Atlanta & West Point RR}, the Georgia, and
the Macon & Western Railroads, in Georgia. The collection will be made
under the direction and authority of General G. T. Beauregard,
commanding, &c., from such roads as can best be spared from the military
transportation of the country, if in General Beauregard's judgment the
collection under existing circumstances is a military necessity. |
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