| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 9 Nov. 1861 |
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| Maj W L Cabel |
| AQM Centreville |
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| Sir, |
| I have received your letter of 5th inst, calling my
attention to the deficiency of rolling stock on the Orange & Alexandria
Rail Road. In answer I have to say that the subject has long since
attracted my attention, and I have endeavored to procure cars for that
particular road, without success, from the Southern Roads. Now that the
Federal Government has made their attack in South Carolina, not a car
will be spared from that section. I have ordered passenger and box cars
made and when finished will increase the stock where it is most needed. |
| I will be glad to see you. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. G. |
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