NA, QM 8/17/1863

Quartermaster General's Department
Richmond, August 17, 1863
 
Major Huston Lee
QM
Charleston, S.. C.
  
   So fast as the cotton of the Government is compressed, have it sent on to Wilmington, by through trains. Dispatch is important, and urgent.
A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl
Sent by telegram.

Home