| Richmond
& Danville Railroad Telegraph |
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| Date Meherrin Nov 12 1862 |
| Rec'd, Richmond, 12
1862,
o'clock,
min. M |
| To Hon Geo W Randolph Secty of War |
| |
| Five of our flats were sent recently to
Lynchburg with ordnance for the southwest I requested that at this
point the flats should be unloaded & sent back Quarter Master
Galt impressed them & sent them forward We have only about
thirty flats in use & find it impossible with this small number
to furnish the necessary transportation on the line of our own road
the Government requires timbers to be hauled from stations on our
road to Danville for the Hospital & to Richmond for Anderson
& Co new Building & for the gun boats. Flats are also indispensable
to haul the gun carriages which are manufactured in Pittsylvania
County & to bring to Richmond wood for the government & for
citizens if our cars are sent west of Lynchburg we will be unable to
supply the transportation which is daily applied for |
| Reply |
| C G Talcott {Superintendent,
Richmond & Danville RR} |