NA, RR 9/14E/1863

Commissary Office C. S. A.
Lynchburg Sept. 14th 1863
 
{no indication who the letter was addressed to}
 
   Mr. {John R.} McDaniel, Chairman &c has exhibited to me an application for permission to transport supplies for the families of Soldiers &c on the Tennessee & Va R. Road {Virginia & Tennessee RR}. I cheerfully certify that such authority as requested is reasonable & just; that the great difficulty of obtaining such supplies in this market renders it absolutely necessary that they should be purchased on the line of Rail Road mentioned, without which much suffering to the poor must ensure; and that it cannot materially, if at all, interfere with the transportation of supplies for eh Government.
Jno M Galt
Maj & C. S. C. S. A.

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