NA, ENG 7/4B/1864

Engineer Bureau
July 4 1864
  
Capt. E. T. D. Myers  Eng P. A. C. S.
Roanoke Station R&D R. R.
 
   The sheriff of Halifax Co. was ordered by direction of the Sec'y of War, several days since to collect & deliver for repairs of the {Richmond &} Danville R. R. 300 negroes, constituting the last group for work on fortifications, raised in that Co. A copy of dispatch given to Mr. Harvie to be sent to Mr. Edmunds.
A. L. Rives
Col. &c

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