| Engineer Bureau |
| Richmond, December 22d 1862 |
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| Endorsement on letter of Mr. A. S. Gaines,
Engineer and Agt. C. S. dated 10th Dec. '62 stating that the "Selma &
Meridian Rail Road {Alabama & Mississippi Rivers
RR} connection is completed, and that he has reported at Mobile
for duty. |
| "Having read this letter I respectfully
return it to the files of the War Department." |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Colonel of Engrs. & Chief of Bureau |
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