| Quarter Master General's Department |
| Richmond, April 28th 1864 |
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| Maj. R. Rhett QM |
| Columbia, S. C. |
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| The President of the S. C. R.
R. {South Carolina RR} reports Eleven
Thousand bushels corn {about 40 car loads}
& fourteen car loads Govt. freight in Depot at Columbia &
seventeen car loads corn to be untouched. Why is this detention? {This
is almost 5 trains worth} |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M.
Genl. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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