| Engineer Bureau |
| January 30th 1863 |
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| To |
| The commission to examine and advise on what Rail Roads
in the C. S. the iron on their tracks can be best dispensed with |
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| Gentlemen, |
| By direction of the Hon. Sec. of War, I
enclose for your consideration, copies of communications from Capt. L.
P. Grant, Corps Engrs. P. A. C. S. with the request that you will,
after perusing them, report your views in regard to the possibility
& propriety of procuring from the sources enumerated, as well as
any others that my occur to you, the supply of iron required to
complete the important railway connection between Blue Mountain, Ala.
and Rome, Ga. |
| Very Respectfully |
| Your obt. Servt. |
| A. L. Rives |
| Maj. & Asst to Chf Engr. |
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