| Engineer Bureau |
| July 20th 1864 |
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| Maj Genl Sam Jones |
| Charleston S. Ca. |
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| Can you not carry out your order of
military necessity to remove iron from Florida R. R. and explain
byletter
to the Governor & Courts of Fla. that no contempt is intended. The
proceedings rests solely on grounds of necessity. |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Maj Genl &c |
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