| Head Quarters Dept Cape Fear |
| Wilmington N. C. April 23d 1864 |
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| Flag Offr Lynch |
| Comdg C. S. Naval Defences N. C. |
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| Flag Officer, |
| ***** |
| I will inquire into the status of G. B.
Davis, and the necessity of his work to the W. & W. R. R. Co.
{Wilmington & Weldon RR} The demands of the
War Dept. are so preemptory in favor of the R. R. on account of our
defective transportation, that I have been compelled to stop my own very
important work in the Ordnance Dept. to give mechanics to the R. R. |
| Very Respectfully |
| W. H. C. Whiting |
| Maj Genl |
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