| Headquarters Military Division of the West |
| Augusta |
| February 10, 1865 |
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| Mr. W. M. Hight |
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| Sir, |
| I am instructed by General Beauregard to
say that you are authorized to call upon the citizens adjacent to
the Washington Branch, Georgia Railroad, for such lumber, wagons,
and labor as they are willing to contribute for the repairs of that
road, and for all of which the Government will pay a just
compensation. Capt. L. P. Grant, engineer, has been requested to
furnish you iron, spikes, &c., sufficient to place the road
before mentioned in thorough repair. Inclosed is an order directing
the assistant commissary of subsistence at Barnett's Station and
Washington
to issue, upon your requisition, rations for 200 negro laborers. |
| Respectfully, your obedient servant, |
| George Wm. Brent |
| Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General |
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