| Richmond Va., August 13, 1863
{Original letter not identified. This is the date
of Sim's response} |
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| Respy retd to the Qr Mr Genls Office. Crane
is surely necessary at Charlotte where the guns are rolled from one car
to another {because of the gauge and company
change}, but I have directed enquiries into its necessity & hope
in a few days to report. In this city the guns are loaded from the
ground -- a much more difficult job & if a crane is erected anywhere it
should be here. I have requested the Supt at Columbia to run cars
through to Charleston {ie run the Charlotte &
South Carolina RR car through on the South Carolina RR, rather than
transfer the guns when the guns went from one road to the other}
until I had time to make some definite arrangement with them. |
| F W Sims Maj & QM |
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| Entry in Quartermaster General's Letters
Received Register |
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