| War
Department, C. S. A. |
| Richmond,
Va., May 9, 1862 |
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| Peter V. Daniel,
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| Sir,
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| The Government desires, in the event of
the occupation of this city by the enemy, that all of your rolling
stock and material necessary for the operation of the road should be
sent south. You will, therefore, prepare it for removal; and should
the danger become imminent, you will remove it without waiting for
further instructions.
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| Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
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| G. W. Randolph
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| Secretary of War
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| (A similar letter addressed to Colonel Edmund
Fontaine,
President of the Virginia Central Railroad.)
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