| Transportation Dept C. S. A. |
| Richmond 28th Jany 1862 |
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| Capt Mason Morfit |
| A. Q. M. |
| Richmond |
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| Sir, |
| Go to Memphis via Knoxville, Nashville
& Paris, & send forward freight and return cars belonging to
other roads, to their proper stations. |
| Have all cars belonging to the Government
collected under your control & for use where you may think most
needed. Return to this place via Augusta & Wilmington. |
| Respectfully |
| W. S. Ashe |
| Maj & Q. M. |
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| In obedience to above instruction I
performed the journey from Bristol to Knoxville, from Nashville to
Chattanooga, from Memphis to Chattanooga & from Atlanta to
Richmond & for no part of which distance I have received
transportation. |
| Mason Morfit |
| Capt & Q. M. |
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