| Quartermaster General's Department |
| August 4th 1864 |
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| Maj. E. B. Branch |
| Petersburg, Va. |
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| Major, |
| By order of the Q. M. General
I this morning telegraphed to you to permit no corn to come here from
Petersburg. This order is founded on the fact that it has been found
to be necessary to send to Col. Corley corn from here, & it is of
course wrong to bring corn on one train & carry it back on return
trip. You will therefore take possession of any corn arriving in
Petersburg destined for Richmond and give a receipt for the amount to
be returned to the parties here. I enclose a memorandum showing corn
received here & sent from here on {Richmond
&} Petersburg R. R. |
| W. F. Alexander, Maj. & Asst. to Q. M.
G. |
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