NA, ENG 7/17D/1863

Engr Bureau July 17th 1863
 
   Endorsement on letter of Col. Chas. F. M. Garnett commissioner applying for detail of men from Major Collins command to remove iron from the Fredericksburg RRd.
   "Respy forwarded to the Hon. Secy of War. It is urgently recommended that two companies of the command of Major Collins be detailed for the removal of the iron from the Fredericksburg RRd {Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR}. Other labor cannot be had and the men volunteer to do the work for such compensation as the Law allows.
J. F. Gilmer
Col Engrs & Chf of Bu

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