|
Confederate States of America |
|
Quarter Master General's Department |
| Rail Road Bureau Richmond Jany 1st 1864 |
| |
| Major J. D. Whitfield |
| Goldsboro N. C. |
| |
| Major, |
| I have made arrangements to
increase the supply of corn at Charlotte and it will probably reach
{hole in paper} ?borhood of 150,000 bu per
month. To move this {hole in paper} energy
and skill in the management of {hole in paper}
of your watchfulness. It will also be necessary to employ every
train that any of the side lines in that part of the State can spare.
You may get two trains from W. N. C. RRd {Western
North Carolina RR} & one from W. C. & R. Rd
{Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR} and if they can do more
than haul the corn there is a supply of long forage to be gathered at
Greensboro which will keep them employed. Price is not so much an object
as securing the trains, but of course we must get them as low as
possible. |
| I wish you would take a trip
to Charlotte and survey the work and write me fully on the subject. |
| The ??? ??? will be taxed
heavily also but I have no fear of its success with the aid of the A &
NC RRd. {Atlantic & North Carolina RR, Maj.
Whitfield's road} |
| {end of document,
definitely written by Sims} |