| Confederate States of America |
| Quarter Master Generals Department |
| Richmond July 10th 1863 |
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| Hon James A Seddon |
| Secretary of War |
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| Sir, |
| I have the honor to request that Seventy
men unfit for field duty, but yet able to guard Rail Road Bridges,
Government stores in depot and in transitu over the Charlotte &
South Carolina Rail Road, be ordered to report for that service to
Capt. Thos. R. Sharp A. Q. M. at Columbia South Carolina |
| A. C. Myers |
| Q. M. Genl. |
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