| Engineer Bureau |
| March 8th 1864 |
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| Lt. Col. T. M. R. Talcott |
| Comdg 1st Regt Engr Troops |
| Richmond |
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| Colonel, |
| Please inform the Bureau whether Capt
Dickinson can be spared temporarily to assist Capt E. T. D. Myers of the
Corps in making a topographical survey of the vicinity of Danville with
a view to the location of fortifications for the defense of that point.
His services in that capacity has been applied for by Col. W. H. Stevens
Chief of Construction. |
| Yours Very Respy |
| A. L. Rives |
| Lt Col &c &c |
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