| Petersburg, Va. |
| June 13, 1862 |
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| George W. Randolph
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| Secretary of War
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| I am laid up sick, but our agents are
getting the troops through as fast as they can. If you issue orders
to them it will confuse them, delay the troops, cause collisions,
&c. Do send your orders to me. You are not aware that while you
were sending 6,000 men from Richmond General Ransom was sending
4,000 from Petersburg; the Surgeon-General sending up sick trains;
our cars ordered to Lynchburg for Yankee prisoners--all with
scarcely any notice. Our agents and men are doing all that can be
done to expedite the troops. I can't work my road like some others;
have only two telegraph stations between Junction and Lynchburg, and
they not under our control.
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| H. D. Bird {Superintendent,
South Side RR}
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