Confederate States of America, War Department
| Richmond, April 11, 1862 |
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| His Excellency Jefferson Davis |
| President Confederate States of America |
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| Sir, |
| In response to the resolution of the
House of Representatives requesting the President to communicate
what steps have been taken to carry out the act for connecting the
Richmond & Danville and the North Carolina railroads, and for
the connection of the railroad from Selma, in Alabama, to Meridian,
in Mississippi, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the
surveys of the former have been made and the report of the engineer
will probably be received to-morrow, and that an agent has been sent
south to examine and report what steps should be taken to complete
the latter connection. |
| Very respectfully, your obedient servant |
| Geo. W. Randolph |
| Secretary of War |
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