| Engineer Bureau |
| May 7th, 1863 |
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| Endorsement on letter of Jus. Gill
Shorter, Governor of Alabama, dated April 30th '63. Enclosing
report of Col. Pollard of proceedings in R. Rd. convention convened at
the request of Colonel Wadley. |
| Asks dept. to furnish rails
for 4 miles of road from Salt works to the woods &c. to facilitate
the procuring of salt. (one enclosure {not
found}) |
| "Respectfully returned
to the Hon. Sec. of War. I have joined with Colonel Wadley A. A.
G. in a recommendation, endorsed on a letter of R. L. Owen Esq. Prest.
Va. & Tenn. R. Rd. that four (4) miles of iron be supplied by the
Govt. to aid transportation to and from these salt works." |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Col. of Engrs. & Chf of Bureau |
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