| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, April 10 1863 |
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| Cap. C. E. Thames |
| A. Q. Master |
| Selma, Ala. |
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| Sir, |
| Your telegram of the 4th instant has been
received. |
| In reply I state that the Quarter Masters
Department cannot make any arrangement to furnish iron for the Alabama
& Mississippi {Rivers} Rail Road, or
other Rail Roads of the country. |
| A C. Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
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