| From the Vicksburg Citizen |
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| December 9, 1861 |
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| Rail Road Thieves |
| We have heard of numerous
complaints by some of our Citizens that their contributions of
clothing and other necessaries forwarded to their sons and friends in
the Army on the Potomac, were not received by those for who they were
intended. The following letters will explain why it is that our
soldiers do not receive those necessary gifts. |
| Mississippi Depot |
| Richmond, Virginia |
| November 12th, 1861 |
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| To the Editor of the Examiner |
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| I beg leave to call your
attention to the following note just received from the chief Clerk of
the Mississippi Depot at Manassas. Is there any remedy for these
outrages and robberies? I have employed agents to accompany the Cars {on
the Virginia Central RR} in many instances but what can One man
do on a wearisome trip, in rain and darkness and budget by night and
day, in watching an organization of Rail Road Thieves? Neither money
nor pains have here with held in attempting to convey the generous
contributions of the Mississippians to the Soldiers on the Potomac,
but you see with what result. Nor are our good the exception. Every
State represented, and every body I meet engaged in like mine, have
similar complaints. What are we to do? |
| Respectfully, |
| C. K. Marshall |
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| Mississippi Depot |
| Manassas, Virginia |
| November 11th, 1861 |
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| To Dr. C. K. Marshall |
| Richmond, Virginia |
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| Dear Sir, |
| Is there no possible plan that
can be divined to prevent the goods that you ship from Richmond for
this Depot being stolen? Not a single car comes here without bundles
and boxes broken open and pillaged of all or part of the contents. |
| Very Respectfully |
| E. E. Armstrong |
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