April 7th 1864
{Date of letter is unknown; this is the date
received by QMG} |
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Asks orders may be given for transptn of
10,000 shells & 3 or 4,000 horse shoes from Salisbury NC
{on North Carolina RR} to Atlanta Ga. |
{Who signed the
request is not stated, but it may be Maj McKinnie and forwarded by
Secretary of War} |
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7 Ap/64. Retd to Col Gorgas, whose
attention is called to recent conversation in reference to transporting
horse shoes from line of Wilmington & Weldon RR to Richmond where they
were so much needed by Johnson's army. Orders now requested will be
promptly given. A R Lawton QMG |
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Entry in Quartermaster General's Letters
Received Register |