ORN, Series 1, Vol. 8, Page 843

Navy Department, C. S. A.
Richmond, October 28, 1862
 
Hon. G. W. Randolph
Secretary of War
 
Sir,
   We can complete ironclad boats for the defenses of the North Carolina waters and build floating batteries in them if we can procure iron, and I submit to you the question of removing the iron from the Portsmouth and Weldon {Seaboard & Roanoke RR} or the Norfolk and Petersburg road. If your Department can dispense with the use of either or both roads in military defenses. I will at once proceed to remove the iron. Be pleased to let me have your views as early as practicable.
   Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. R. Mallory
Secretary of the Navy
 
Endorsement
October 29, 1862
 
Inform the honorable Secretary that orders have been repeatedly issued to remove the iron of these roads, but that the pressure of the enemy has so far rendered their operations impracticable.
G. W. Randolph
Secretary of War
{Also in OR, Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 638}

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