| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Dec. 30th 1864 |
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| Maj. T. J. Noble |
| Montgomery, Ala. |
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| I am surprised to learn that there are
less than a thousand sacks of corn {about 7 car
loads} stored in Columbus. I had supposed that it was full.
There can be no excuse allowed the rail Roads for not keeping Corn now
as no other freights are pressing. Crane had gone before your dispatch
was received. |
| A. R. Lawton, Qr Mf. Genl. |
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