| Engineer Bureau |
| Decemb. 26th, '62 |
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| Endorsement on letter from Capt. E. T. D.
Myers -- Chief Engr. P. R. Rd. dated Danville Dec. 24th, '62 -- in
relation to rail road iron laid and unlaid which may be obtained in
Va. & N. C. |
| Respectfully referred to the Hon. Sec. of
War with the recommendation that authority be given Capt. E. T. D.
Myers, Provisional engineers, to take possession of the iron belonging
to the rail roads enumerated, viz: |
| Western North Carolina |
Clarkesville & Keysville {Roanoke
Valley RR} |
| Raleigh & Gaston |
Port Walthall {a
branch of the Richmond & Petersburg RR} |
| Atlantic & North Carolina |
Richmond & York River (in part) |
| Virginia Central |
Seaboard & Roanoke (in part) |
| City Point & Petersburg {the
eastern 9 miles of the South Side RR} |
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| or so much as may be necessary for the purposes of the
Government. |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Colonel of Engrs. & Chief of Bureau |