| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 3 Dec. 1861 |
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| Capt D H Wood |
| AQM Richmond Va |
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| Sir, |
| I am induced by frequent complaints of delay &
difficulties, to direct that in future you will give transportation
orders for the conveyance of the remains of deceased soldiers only on
the accommodation trains or freight trains, and not on the mail trains. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. G. |
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