NA, QM 3/17/1862

Quartermaster General's Department
Richmond, March 17, 1862
 
Major Huston Lee
AQM
Charleston, S. C.
 
Sir,
   Of the Army stores which arrived by the "Economist" the following will be sent on by you, to Richmond, invoiced to Major J. B. Ferguson, A. Q. M.
10,000 Blankets
610 Gross of brass buttons
700 Great Gross Trouser's buttons
4,129 Yards Jeans
14,461 1/2 Yards Cloth for Clothes
1,256 3/4 Yards Blue facing
1,461 Yards Alpaca
 And the following will be retained by you for issue to the troops in the South, and will be apportioned among the troops of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama in fair proportion.
10,776 Blankets
58,213 Pairs of Socks
15,226   "  of Shoes
1,100   "  "  Boots
2,810 Great Coats
A. C. Myers, etc.

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