| Engineer Bureau C. S. A. |
| Richmond 23 June 1862 |
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| Chas. G. Talcott Esq. |
| Supt R. & D. R. R. -- Richmond {Superintendent,
Richmond & Danville RR} |
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| Dear Sir, |
| I send to your Depot this evening for the
Piedmont R. R. Co. 500 (five hundred) shovels by direction of the
Secretary of War. |
| Very truly yours, |
| A. L. Rives |
| Acting Chf. Eng. Bu. |
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