| War Department |
| Richmond, Va., July 7, 1863 |
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| General Samuel Jones |
| Dublin Station |
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| Collect your infantry force
as rapidly as you can; move them as soon as so collected, so as to
make their conveyance by rail convenient and continuous to Charlottesville {Virginia & Tennessee RR,
Orange & Alexandria RR}, where you will receive orders
for their ulterior destination, not as yet wholly decided. |
| J. A. Seddon |
| Secretary of War |
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