| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Va. Aug. 8, 1861 |
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| R. S. Owen |
| President etc {Virginia &
Tennessee RR} |
| Lynchburg, Va. |
| |
| Sir, |
| E. H. Gill {Superintendent,
Virginia & Tennessee RR} telegraphs in answer to a call for
flats to transport guns, "If flats must be sent immediately you
must come and take them." Colonel Ashe, authorized agent, called
for the flats; the public interest requires them here. I desire you to
send them at once. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. General |
| Sent by telegram. |
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