| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Va. August 31 1861 |
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| Genl. F. K. Zollicoffer |
| Knoxville, Tenn. |
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| Sir, |
| Freights for Manassas and Richmond
reported to be stopped at Knoxville, and something wrong with the
Superintendent of Road from Knoxville to Bristol {the
East Tennessee & Virginia RR}. The superintendent {probably
M. S. Temple} should be made to resign, and one of undoubted
fidelity to the South be put in his place. |
| The report says fidelity of present
Superintendent suspected. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. General |
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