| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Oct. 22nd 1864 |
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| Lt. Genl. Holms |
| Raleigh |
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| Please allow all employees of
R. Roads to remain at their present duties until action of this office
can be had unless this be granted our transportation will stop. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. G. |
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