| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 23 Oct. 1861 |
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| Maj H J Ranney {President, New
Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR} |
| AQM |
| now in Richmond |
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| Sir, |
| Having been notified by the "Sec of War" of your
appointment in the Quarter Master Department for the special object of
regulating the transportation by Rail Road between Richmond and
Chattanooga. |
| You are assigned to that duty and will enter upon the
same at once. I desire that you report to this office the result of your
labors as early as practicable. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. G. |
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