| Quarter Master General's Department |
| Richmond, August 2nd 1864 |
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| {No name in copy book} |
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| Major, |
| You will ship to Col. Corley
at Petersburg as quickly as it can be done, five Thousand (5000)
bushels of corn {about 18 car loads}. In
the future, {cotton} mill offal must be
fed to the horses in the City and attached to the various commands in
the vicinity in lieu of corn & oats. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M.
Genl. |
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