| Quarter Master General's Department |
| Richmond, June 20th 1864 |
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| Maj. C. S. Carrington |
| Greensboro, N. C. |
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| If no better shipments of corn
can be made by Danville it will be impossible to sustain the army
around Richmond. Forwarded yesterday only (850) eight hundred &
fifty sacks {about 5 car loads} & the
shipments for no day have ever equaled my expectations. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. G. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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