| Engineer Bureau |
| March 5th, 1864 {in the
sequence of the Letterbook, this may be April 5th} |
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| Capt. E. T. D. Myers, C. S. Engrs |
| Danville |
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| Your telegram recd Five hundred bars of
iron {about 1 mile of track, both sides, about
12 car loads} at Petersburg three days ago. Mr. C. G. Talcott {Superintendent,
Piedmont RR} has been notified of it. A train loaded with iron
from Fredericksburg expected here within three days. |
| A. L. Rives |
| Lt. Col &c |
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