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Executive Department
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| Montgomery, Ala., 27th August, 1862 |
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| Hon Geo. W. Randolph |
| Secretary of War |
| Richmond |
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| Sir, |
| The situation of Fort Gaines, Georgia at
the terminus of the South Western Rail Road in the Chattahoochee,
makes it a depot for transportation for troops from parts of Middle
and West Florida and South Eastern Alabama and South Western Georgia,
and returning soldiers have been subjected to many inconveniences for
want of an Assistant Quarter Master at that point. |
| I respectfully refer you to a letter of
mine of a few days past, wherein I suggested the propriety of a
transfer of one of the two Quarter Masters at Eufaula to some other
Station, and would suggest, if not already ordered, the propriety of
transferring Capt. Seals to Fort Gaines. |
| If you have already made provision for
this surplus of officers, and have no other in view, I respectfully
recommend Mr John B. Appling, at Fort Gaines, as a gentleman,
possessing all the qualifications for Asst. Quar. Master at that
point. |
| Your Obet Servt |
| Jno. Gill Shorter |
| Gov of Alabama |
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