Unknown to D. C. McCallum, August 15, 1865

Brig. Gen. D. C. McCallum,

Director and General Manager Military ^ Railroads of the United States :

general: In compliance with your order of the 31st ultimo, I here¬ with transmit a report of operations of the Construction Corps, U. S.

the Tennessee, from June 1, I860 (the date of my last report), to August 1, 1865. At the date of mv former report we had an effective force of 1,200 men, composed of ae First, Seventh and part of the Fourth Divisions, all of whom wereemployed m the reconstruction of the Chattanooga and Atlanta F.nm°tR’ Opened at that time to the Etowah River

desToved hv tieen totally

rt^ General Sherman prior to his evacuation of the city

S?- *>’6 Etowah, three spans S

‘i^® carpenter force was disCTo^s Ge« ^ ® employed in cutting and hauling out

cross-ties. One divpon of trackmen were employed laying the iron

GackV’hTln®’ division was clearing off the debris and surfacing up r h^^d’n^fup^^ allowing the use of the road as fast as the iron was laid^

tneu^f putt?’™® *””® f ^®*’®® Seventh Division of trackinen at Chattanoop straightening crooked rails, which were used

‘wosspdThp^t *^^iJ’i?-u^® between Etowah to Marietta. We

t and^re^cW? four days rebuilding

t, and reached Allatoona on the morning of the 15th. Upon reaching

Olatn°”*P^ *^® ‘ho Division ahead to

KriZ e^200 fre^u 1 ^ rt® -“i® u’^® ^’oaohed it with the track had :nd readv fn?/ ™ ^ foet, completed

he road^ol cr. Reached Acworth on the 20th and turned

^ *^® transportation department, who commenced

orce to^R ^r®? ®ont forward the c” penter

ettfna ®0″‘h of it, and whilst a part were

^ another party commenced laying track northward to close up the gap of six miles in four da^s r3 ig the latter point on the 24th. Rebuilt water-tank and frame and ‘ietweL^^^’sn Moon Station, two miles north of Big Shanty^ nderthfi^!? Marietta there was laid by colored troops

bmu tw Winslow, commanding at Atlanta ‘ S5 td few r,» ™ Gt litti. o(“

tkntk Thev «i “oohairs on excepting from the Chattahoochee to et in leno^th and^ qn^ppl* the Chattahoochee bridge, a structure 725 ound a breakup rtp^u®’n ” . ‘*’®®”o 400 feet in length

i «tructln of L Srt ®^’f “^”ont near Vining’s, caused by the ifittahooche ^ ^ <^uivert. Ihe expense inciirr^rl in Um'nn»irv +iv^

a culvert. The expense bridge, the trestle at

i incurred in building the Vining’s, and laying some

Cost of bridge, as per settlement of General Winslow with Grant & Co. , builders and approved by General Wilson:

725 feet (lineal) of bridging, at $11 per foot – – – –

Amount due for track laying, as per check rolls, approved as above . 7,

iSoSm of work done at culvert near Vining’s, approved as above . .

Total amount. –

The above amount ($15,670) I think is Justly chargeable to construe tion and would therefore respectfully recommend its payment. Ti t work was done

by order of Major-General t'^'tson, command j