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Southern Telegraph Form |
| Received September 27 1861
at o'clock, minutes |
| By Telegraph from Knoxville To Gov Brown |
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| Will you select four (4) good
freight engines for use of Confederate States You cannot force
freights four hundred (400) miles out of the way. The use of four or
even two (2) good Engines for ten (10) days would relieve the army. |
| C Wallace {President,
East Tennessee & Georgia RR} |
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