| Engineer Bureau |
| Richmond, January 9th 1863 |
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| Thos. H. Campbell Esq. |
| President South Side R. Rd |
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| Will please notify the county officers
Nottoway county that it is the wish of the Government that the negroes
from that county to work on forts be sent to Petersburg where they will
be received and receipted for by Capt. C. H. Dimmock Engineers C. S.
Army. |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Colonel & Chf of Bureau |
| Probably sent by telegram. |