| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 1st Apr 1862 |
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| Hon G W Randolph |
| Secretary of War |
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| Sir, |
| The military importance of the completion
of the Mississippi and Alabama Rail road {Alabama
& Mississippi Rivers RR} was presented to Congress in the
Message of the President, and transmitted in the 17th of December, and
has been fully recognized in that body, by the passage of an act
approved February 15th 1862 which appropriated one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to secure the construction between Selma in Alabama
and Meridian, in Mississippi. |
| Before, however, I was made aware of the
action of Congress, upon this subject, I had requested Col. C. T.
Pollard, President of the Alabama & Florida {of
Alabama} Railroad Company, to transmit a report showing what
additional work and expenditures would be necessary to complete this
connection. This report has been received, and I respectfully submit
it, with an accompanying sketch of the route, for your consideration.
In the meantime, Dr. G. G. Griffin, President of the Alabama and
Mississippi Rail road Company {Alabama &
Mississippi Rivers RR} has been telegraphed to repair to
Richmond with regard to immediate action upon the subject, and is
understood to be already upon his way. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl |
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