[370] O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. I, p. 556.
[371] Somers, “Southern States,” p. 162.
[372] Somers, p. 175.
[373] April 9, 1862, Pub. Laws, C.S.A., 1st Cong., 1st Sess.
[374] O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. III, pp. 695, 700, 702, 990.
[375] Freight rates in Alabama were as follows in December, 1862:—
| 1. Ammunition | $0.60 per 100 lbs., per 100 miles. | |
| 2. (Second class) | 0.30 per 100 lbs., per 100 miles. | |
| 3. Live stock | 30.00 per car, per 100 miles. | |
| 4. Hay, fodder, wagons, ambulances, etc. | 20.00 per car, per 100 miles. |
Troops were to be carried for 2½ to 3½ cents a mile per man. O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. II, p. 276.
[376] Charles T. Pollard, president of the Montgomery and West Point R.R., who ran his road under direction of the government, reported, April 4, 1862, that he had placed the whole line between Montgomery and Selma under contract, and that it would be completed within the year if iron could be obtained. He thought the road between Selma and Meridian ought to be completed at once. O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. I, pp. 10, 48. On Sept. 14, 1864, it was reported that the grading was finished on the road between Montgomery and Union Springs, but that no iron could be obtained. O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. III, p. 576.
[377] O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. I, p. 941; Pub. Laws, C.S.A., Feb. 15, 1862.