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Montgomery, Ala. March 31st 1862
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The Confederate States
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In Account with
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Montgomery & West Point Rail Road Company
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To Lt. J D Johnson |
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| 582 |
Bars Iron |
401,580 @20c |
803.16 |
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To Naval Officer New Orleans |
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| 222 |
Bars Iron from Atlanta |
48,235 |
96.47 |
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| {The 582 bars figure
at 86# per yard, if the bars were 24 feet long. This can have come
from no other source than the Baltimore & Ohio RR and the work of
Capt. Thomas R. Sharp. The iron required 25 cars and would lay 1.3
miles of track, both sides.} |
| {The 222 bars figure
at 31# per yard, if the bars were 21 feet long and was almost
certainly strap rail. The iron required 3 cars and would lay 4/10 of a
mile of track, both sides.} |
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