| Headquarters Department of North Carolina |
| Wilmington, January 23, 1865 |
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| Maj. J. W. Cameron |
| Chief Quartermaster |
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| Major, |
| The commanding general
directs that all cotton going by the Weldon railway {the
Wilmington & Weldon RR}, except that which is needed for
immediate use by the subsistence department, be transported in the
first instance only as far as Magnolia {48
miles from Wilmington}. As a supply for two weeks has already
been delivered to the commissary at Weldon, this arrangement will
greatly expedite the general removal. You are requested to make such
suggestions as may be proper for the protection of the cotton in
transitu at Magnolia, and to furnish daily reports of the
quantity removed from this place, showing by what roads and
distinguishing between Government and private cotton. |
| I am, major, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, |
| Archer Anderson |
| Assistant Adjutant General |
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