| Manassas Gap RRd |
| Greensboro |
| 15 Nov 1864 |
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Col F W Sims |
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RR Bureau |
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Richmond |
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Colonel, |
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May I request that Mr Giles Clute, Co D. 38th N. C. Regt
Teales Brigade, A. N. Va. a Machinist be detailed to these shops, as
we are almost without machinists and our locomotives out of repair.
Your kind & prompt attention will confer an immense advantage to the
Government Transportation and to |
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Colonel |
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Very Resp ??? |
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Hugh Rice |
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Chf Eng & Genl Supt |
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MG RRd |
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{on back of document} |
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Richmond 19 Nov 1864 |
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Approved and resply forwarded |
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F W Sims |
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Lt Col & QM |
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QMGO Nov 24 1864 |
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Respectfully referred to Hon Secy of War with request that the detail
be allowed, the man being an expert mechanic & indispensable |
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A R Lawton |
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QM Genl |
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AG |
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Detail as an expert on QMG's ??? |
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JAS |
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24 Nov 64 |
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