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Transportation Request |
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| Transportation Requests were initiated by a government officer and sent to the proper railroad official (usually a clerk working for the Superintendent). Below is the only Request I have seen from Major Ashe, the first Railroad Coordinator. | ||
| Requisition for Transportation of Freight | ||
| Quartermaster's Department, C. S. A. | ||
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27th Jany, 1862 |
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| To the Superintendent of {South Side} Rail Road | ||
| Be pleased to furnish transportation from Petersburg to City Point for 6 Boxes clothing for Col. Cobbs Legion | ||
| 500 lbs | ||
| Wm. S. Ashe, Major, | ||
| Quartermaster, ?. ?. S. A. | ||
| By S D Wallace, Assistant | ||
| At Wilmington |