| Headquarters Department of North Carolina |
| Wilmington, January 3, 1865 |
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| Maj. Gen. W. H. C. Whiting |
| Commanding Third Military District,
Wilmington |
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| General, |
| The commanding general
learns there is a suspension of travel on the Wilmington &
Weldon Railway. This may proceed from some order of the War
Department; but, thinking it possible it has been caused by an
adherence to orders issued from these headquarters during the recent
emergency, the general desires you will inquire into the matter, and
have the normal state of things restored in every particular, so far
as it depends upon the military authorities here. |
| I am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, |
| Archer Anderson |
| Assistant Adjutant General |
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