| Special Orders No. 10 |
| Adjt. and Insp. General's Office |
| Richmond |
| January 13, 1865 |
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| XL. It having been
represented that the railroads in North Carolina require immediate
repairs in consequence of damages recently sustained, and that the
necessary labor cannot be obtained for this purpose except by
impressments, and communication by these roads being indispensable
to the supplying of the Army of Northern Virginia and the troops in
the District of North Carolina, Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson,
Provisional Army, C. S., will obtain such labor by the impressment
of as many slaves as may be necessary. To this end he is invested
with all the powers conferred by the laws and orders regulating
impressments. |
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| By command of the Secretary of War: |
| Jno. Withers |
| Assistant Adjutant-General |
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