| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Sept. 3d 1863 |
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| Major L. R. Chisman |
| QM |
| Greensboro, N. C. |
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| Sir, |
| In your communication of the 31st ultimo,
you ask for a special grant of impressment to enable you to organize a
wagon train if the Weldon & Petersburg R. Rd. {the
Petersburg RR} should be at any time disabled or occupied by a
force of the enemy. In reply I enclose the necessary authority. The
phrase "Army Supplies" includes "Labor and
Transportation" which you are authorized to impress should the
exigencies of the public service render it necessary. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. General |
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