| Chula |
| June 22, 1864 |
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| Hon. James A. Seddon |
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| Unless troops are sent to
the protection of the railroad I consider it as completely at the
mercy of the enemy. There will be some show of fight at --, but with
300 men and such guns as are there it could only last a short time.
At Flat Creek nothing of any moment has been done for its
protection. At Staunton
a few days since there were only 250 men, and they reserves, and six
guns only carrying shot 1,000 yards, and the earth-works in a very
incomplete state. Without aid from headquarters the probability is
that transportation will cease over the road within twenty-four
hours. It is for the authorities in Richmond
to protect it; we cannot. I shall be in town to-night.
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| Lewis E. Harvie |
| President Richmond & Danville
Railroad |
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| First Indorsement |
| Headquarters Armies of the Confederate
States |
| June 23, 1864 |
| Respectfully returned to
honorable Secretary of War. |
| There are no troops except
the army under General Lee and the reserves. The latter are all
ordered out and General Lee is fully advised of the state of affairs
as far as they are known here. I have no means of knowing whether
Mr. H.'s statements are correct, no reports having been made by
Generals Beauregard or Lee on the subject. |
| Braxton Bragg |
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| Second indorsement |
| June 24, 1864 |
| All has been done in my
power to aid in defense of the railroad line. I must await results. |
| J. A. S. |
| Secretary |
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