OR, Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 209

Special Order No. 60
Adjt, and Insp. General's Office
Richmond, Va., March 12, 1864
 
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XX. The Quartermaster-General is hereby authorized to stop passenger trains upon any line of railroad in which neither forage or subsistence for the Army may be delayed until the same or such portion thereof as may be necessary to the public service shall be removed. All officers in charge of transportation at points where such supplies are delayed will communicate the fact to the Quartermaster-General, who will give the necessary directions to them to stop the trains.
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By command of the Secretary of War
Jno. Withers
Assistant Adjutant-General

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