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Raleigh May 1st1863 |
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| Maj C. S. Carrington |
| Qr Mr. C. S. |
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| Dr Sir, |
| In answer to your note of this date,
asking me to aid the Wilmington & Weldon and Raleigh & Gaston R Road
Companies, with our rolling stock, to transport Govt freight, I have to
say that I will, cheerfully, render the assistance desired, believing
now, as I have heretofore, that the success of our arms, depends as much
upon the exertions of Rail Road officers to carry out, promptly, all
orders, of the Government for transportation as it does upon the troops,
to obey the orders of the Commanders in the field. |
| You are perhaps, aware that our trains, since
the commencement of the war, have been almost constantly in the service
of the Government. It is understood that our trains are not to go north
of Petersburg, as the run would be too long for them to go beyond that
point. |
| Yours with regard |
| John D. Whitford
{President, Atlantic & North Carolina RR} |
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