| Engineer Bureau |
| March 1st 1864 |
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| Lt. Col. F. W. Sims |
| Supdt. R. R. Transportation |
| Richmond |
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| Colonel, |
| I am in receipt of a
letter from Col. C. F. M. Garnett, Commissioner, asking for authority
to remove the iron from the King's Mountain R. R. in South Carolina.
Please inform me as promptly as possible whether this action is also
recommended by you. |
| Yours Very Respy |
| A. L. Rives |
| Lt. Col. &c &c |
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