| Engineer Bureau |
| February 23d 1864 |
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| Lt Col F. W. Sims |
| Supt. Rail Road Transportation |
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| Colonel, |
| Col Garnett, Comm. for removal of rail
road iron has requested that authority be given to take up the iron of
the Kings Mountain Rail Road in South Carolina. |
| Please give me your opinion as to the
propriety of the proposed seizure. |
| This Road is on the list first made out
from which the iron was to be taken on certain contingencies. |
| Respy Your Obt Servt |
| A. L. Rives |
| Lt. Col &c &c |
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