OR, Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 651

Headquarters First Army Corps
November 26, 1862
 
Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett
Commanding Division
 
General,
   The lieutenant-general commanding directs that you make a detail from your division of 12 officers and 400 men, with proper complement of non-commissioned officers, to be employed as follows: Beginning at the suburbs of the town, as soon as it is dark enough this evening to escape the observation of the enemy, the detail under charge of a field officer will proceed to tear up the railroad as far as Hamilton's Landing {Hamilton's Crossing was a station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR 5 miles south of Fredericksburg}. The rails and iron are to be taken up and put on car flats, which will be sent down for the purpose, and carried back. The cross-ties to be put in piles ready for firing when notice to that effect shall be hereafter given. The general commanding wishes you to have collected to-day all the crowbars, picks, &c., that the detail may need in their labor, and to have it promptly on the ground and at work as soon as it is sufficiently dark.
I am, general, very respectfully,
G. M. Sorrel
Assistant Adjutant-General

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