| Memphis & Charleston Rail Road Office |
| Corinth, April 19 1862 |
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Genl G. T. Beauregard
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| Head Quarters Army of Miss |
| Corinth |
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| Dear Sir, |
| I hear the Government contemplated
building a line of Rail Road from Selma Ala to connect with the Mobile
& Ohio Rail Road {should be the Alabama
& Mississippi Rivers RR} at Meridian as Iron will be an
object permit me to suggest the seizure & removal of a lot of T
Rail now in Memphis belonging to the Nashville & Chattanooga Rail
Road. |
| Very Respectfully |
| W J Ross |
| Genl Supr |
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| Much obliged for the information. Qr Master will be
ordered to send it to Vicksburg at earliest opportunity G. T. B. |
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