| Endorsement on letter from Col D F M Garnett dated
Richmond Oct 9th/63 requesting an application to the Commissary General
for authority for Mr Burns to purchase meat for his hands employed in
taking up railroad iron. |
| Engineer Bureau Oct 10th 1863.
Respectfully referred to Col. Northrop with favorable recommendation. Mr
Burn's force of 80 hands will be at work for a month or six weeks in
saving the Brunswick {& Albany} Railroad
iron, now greatly needed by the Government. |
| A, L. Rives |
| Lt Col & Actg Chf of Bureau |
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