| Richmond,
Va., May 11, 1862 |
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| Major General Huger or the Officer in Command at
Suffolk |
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| *** Take up the railroad tracks on both
roads east of Suffolk as far as possible, and send the iron of the
Seaboard and Roanoke road to Clarksville, and that of the Norfolk
and Petersburg road to the junction of the South Side and Richmond
and Danville roads. When the troops retire from Suffolk continue the
same thing westward, letting the last train take up the iron behind
it. Remove the rolling stock of the first road to Weldon or west of
it, and that of the other to Petersburg, when the troops retire.
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| G. W. Randolph
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| Secretary of War
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