Bureau of Subsistence |
Richmond,
February 13, 1865 |
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Hon. John C. Breckinridge |
Secretary of War |
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Sir, |
This paper is respectfully
referred for the information of the honorable Secretary of War, in
connection with report of Commissary General of 9th instant. |
L. B. Northrop |
Commissary, General of Subsistence |
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[Inclosure No. 2] |
Statement of meat en route to Richmond |
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No. of rations |
From Charleston (through blockade): |
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2,018 cases of meat, 72 pounds each |
145,296 pounds |
290,592 |
1,105 barrels port, 200 pounds each |
221,000 pounds |
663,000 |
439 tierces beef, 304 pounds each |
133,456 pounds |
266,912 |
49 casks bacon, 600 pounds each |
29,400 pounds |
88,200 |
From Georgia |
60,000 pounds bacon |
180,000 |
From Weldon, N. C. |
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80,000 pounds bacon |
240,000 |
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4,000 pounds pork (at
Greensborough) |
12,000 |
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36,000 pounds meat (at
Greensborough, 500 boxes) |
72,000 |
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30,000 pounds pork (at
Richmond) |
90,000 |
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25,000 pounds pork (en route
from interior) |
75,000 |
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1,977,704 |
From Georgia (contingent upon communication
being preserved) |
200,000 pounds bacon |
600,000 |
Total, as at present advised |
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2,577,704 |
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[Inclosure No. 3] |
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Statement of breadstuffs en route to Richmond |
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No. of rations |
At Charlotte Junction |
944 bushels corn (470 sacks) |
47,000 |
At Greensborough, N. C. |
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5,680 bushels corn (2,480
sacks) |
284,000 |
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270 bags flour |
27,000 |
From Florence, S. C. |
4,000 bushels corn |
200,000 |
From Augusta, Ga. |
400 sacks flour |
40,000 |
From Charleston, S. C. |
2,000 bushels corn |
100,000 |
From Greensborough, N. C. |
400 bushels wheat |
20,000 |
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718,000 |
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No. of rations |
Reported by Maj. H. Cranston, Augusta, Ga. as
purchased by him along Savannah River, near Augusta |
80,000 bushels corn |
4,000,000 |
Reported by Maj. A. M. Allen, Columbus, Ga.,
on hand January 2 |
80,000 bushels corn |
4,000,000 |
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Total |
8,718,000 |
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Note -- Maj. Isaac Shelby, jr.,
in Southwest Virginia, reports his ability to procure
100,000 bushels corn and wheat in that section and East
Tennessee if money and transportation be provided |
About 500,000 pounds
sugar and large quantities rice ordered from South Carolina,
portion of which in now en route to Richmond |
In depot at Richmond: 30,000
pounds coffee (500,000 full rations); 42,000 pounds sugar
(350,000 full rations). |
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S. B. French |
Major and Commissary of Subsistence |
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