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Charles Combs Sims was listed in the 1860
Census in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. He was born in 1834, in
Georgia, and had real estate worth $3,000 and personal property
worth $6,000. He was a merchant (co-owner of a grocery business),
with a wife, Eleanor Harris (born 1838 in Georgia), whom he had
married in 1860. Living with them was Eleanor Blake, born in 1800 in
Georgia and possessing $16,000 personal property. In requesting the
appointment of Charles, Frederick Sims stated the Charles was not
liable for military duty. He was also stated to have excellent
business qualifications. Frederick wrote that he had "earnestly
solicited" Charles to accept the position and Charles had agreed.
Major W. H. Smith, in May, 1864, claimed that Charles was
Frederick's brother.
He died in May, 1893 in Macon; Eleanor died in 1927. |
| Charles C. Sims
-- Captain & Assistant Quartermaster |
| April 15, 1862 |
Had been assigned to
Quartermaster duties in Augusta long enough before this date to
study the railroad freight transfer situation and write a report to
the Quartermaster General.
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| August 8, 1863 |
Major Frederick W. Sims
requested he be assigned to be Major Sims' assistant, to run the
Bureau while the Major was out of Richmond.
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| August 11, 1863 |
Appointed Captain
and AQM
| National Archives Service Records |
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| August 14, 1863 |
Acted in Sims place
at RR Bureau
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| September 2, 1863 |
Major Sims ordered
him to assist getting supplies forward at Columbus
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| September 5, 1863 |
Bond signed
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| September 9, 1863 |
Ordered to report to
Maj. Peters in Atlanta
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| September 17, 1863 |
Submited his official
bond
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| September 19, 1863 |
In Richmond, acted in
Major Sims stead
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| September 30, 1863 |
Commuted Quarters
and Fuel paid
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| October 2, 1863 |
Forwarded request for
2 idle trains
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| October 31, 1863 |
Commuted Quarters
and Fuel paid
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| November 16, 1863 |
Tendered his
resignation
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| November 21, 1863 |
Paid for special train from
Augusta to Wilmington
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| November 30, 1863 |
Commuted Quarters
and Fuel paid
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| December 9, 1863 |
"Major Carrington annoys me with
his dispatches"
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| December 15, 1863 |
Asked Major Sims if all cotton
shipments had to be on War Department account or could some be on
the Navy Department account
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| Told Major Sims he will stick
with him, to ignore his letter
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| December 16, 1863 |
Made QMGO report
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| December 17, 1863 |
Reported to Major Sims that two
trains are promised by East Tennessee & Georgia RR
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| December 22, 1863 |
QMG advised that 1/2
of cotton shipment space is for the Navy
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| December 23, 1863 |
Ordered to push
forward Commissary corn in preference
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| December 24, 1863 |
Subsistence only has priority in case of
emergency
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| December 25, 1863 |
Reimbursement to and
from Savannah
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| December 28, 1863 |
Reported to Major Sims that he
was
having a problem with Quartermaster Major Winnemore and asked to be
ordered to Richmond to explain the situation to Major Sims and the
Quartermaster General
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| Question about train
to Wilmington
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| December 31, 1863 |
Commuted Quarters
and Fuel paid
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| Major Winnemore was
informed that Capt. Sims decided between conflicting needs for trains, but
did not issue trains
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| January 7, 1864 |
Maj. Sims instructed
to give him guidance on shipment priorities
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| January 11, 1864 |
Paid for special trains
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| January 17, 1864 |
Reimbursed for
travel
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| January 19, 1864 |
Reported to Sims that
chartered trains are slow to arrive
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| January 21, 1864 |
Was telegraphed by
Capt Sharp with request to let his cars of corn run through to
Charlotte
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| January 22, 1864 |
Ordered to send
forward a car of company property
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| January 23, 1864 |
East Tennessee & Georgia RR
promised 4 trains for Sims' control
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| January 25, 1864 |
Told QM General
that he had 3 trains to get cotton to Wilmington
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| January 26, 1864 |
Maj. Smith reported
on his supplying trains for corn and his fitness for his job
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| January 31, 1864 |
Commuted Quarters
and Fuel paid
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| About February 1,
1864 |
Reported on cattle
left on a train
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| February 3, 1864 |
Reported to Maj.
Smith that Express Company owns 20 to 30 cars
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| February 5, 1864 |
Maj. Smith reported
that Sims had a very important plan regarding distribution of
supplies from districts to armies
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| February 6, 1864 |
Col. Sims told him
that authority will be granted to force the cotton shipment
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| February 8, 1864 |
Maj. Smith
characterized him
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| February 15, 1864 |
Col. Sims reported
that Capt. Sims reported encouraging news regarding transportation
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| February 17, 1864 |
Confirmed in duty and rank by
the C. S. Senate |
| February 18, 1864 |
Asked East Tennessee
& Georgia RR to run trains to Wilmington
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| Answered QMG
regarding detention of cars
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| February 24, 1864 |
Col. Sims asked about
(cotton?) trains and advised of possibility of them being seized
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| February 25, 1864 |
Col. Sims asked for
status of corn shipments
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| February 29, 1864 |
Paid for rental of
Central (of Georgia) RR trains
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| March 3, 1864 |
Cotton turned over
to him for transportation to Wilmington
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| March 8, 1864 |
Ordered to report
promises he had made to Commissary Department regarding
transportation
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| March 9, 1864 |
Noted as assigning space on the
cotton trains from Augusta to Wilmington
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| March 12, 1864 |
Only one passenger
train per day allowed -- all other trains are for government freight
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| March 19, 1864 |
Ordered to impress
cotton trains if stopping one passenger train did not clear Augusta
of Government freight
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| March 30, 1864 |
With other Quartermasters,
received direction to suspend passenger trains if Government freight
needs transportation
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| A report had not
been received
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| April 1, 1864 |
QM General wanted to
know if the South Carolina RR had resumed 2 passenger trains daily
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| April 4, 1864 |
QM General wanted him
to control all railroad transportation in Augusta
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| April 8, 1864 |
Reported he never
had a clerk
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| April 14, 1864 |
Warned that there
was no corn in Wilmington for shipment to Richmond and this was not
to be allowed
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| Reported he did not
have time for transportation duties and proposed a relief
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| April 15, 1864 |
A report of his,
concerning transportation in Augusta, was forwarded to Genl. Bragg
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| April 20, 1864 |
His weekly shipment
reports could be sent by letter to QMG
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| April 23, 1864 |
Mentioned in a
report by Maj. Smith
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| April 26, 1864 |
Received proposal
for cotton trains
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| April 27, 1864 |
Ordered to ship all
corn possible through Charlotte because Wilmington was backed up
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| May1, 1864 |
Maj. Smith claimed
Capt Sims was the brother of Col. Sims
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| May 7, 1864 |
Ordered to send corn
by Columbia since Wilmington was backed up
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| May 11, 1864 |
Maj. Smith noted
that Capt Sharp had asked Sims for help
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| May 16, 1864 |
Made weekly report
of shipments
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| May 18, 1864 |
Shipped gunboat
shafting to Columbus
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| Recommended paying
freight on empty cars on South Carolina RR
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| May 23, 1864 |
Paid for rental of
Central (of Georgia) RR train
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| Made weekly report
of shipments
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| June 2, 1864 |
Approved pay for
Receipting Clerk
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| July 15, 1864 |
Asked to explain why
bricks were shipped
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| Lt Col Sims asked for
a detail to assist him
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| July 22, 1864 |
Wrote QMG regarding
shipment of pottery
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| July 30, 1864 |
Local transportation
ordered to be given to him
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| August 10, 1864 |
List of detailed men working for
him
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| Instructed to provide
transportation for medical supplies
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| Augusta 15, 1864 |
Reported wagons
provided to him and need for more
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| August 20, 1864 |
Given additional
duties
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| August 23, 1864 |
Ordered to give QM
corn preference over all other freight
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| Paid for extra labor
loading cars
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| September 1, 1864 |
Nitre shipment
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| September 16, 1864 |
Asked to give
transportation for cotton
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| September 28, 1864 |
Asked to redirect 2
shipments to Columbia, S. C.
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| October 6, 1864 |
Report on possible
private furniture
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| Redirected shipment
of gun stocks
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| October 20, 1864 |
Reported his detailed
men
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| October 21, 1864 |
Ordered to reduce
wood traffic on South Carolina RR
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| October 26, 1864 |
Winnemere reported on
letter endorsement to Sims
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| October 31, 1864 |
Paid for watchman at
stables
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| November 12, 1864 |
Received telegram
from QM at Montgomery
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| November 22, 1864 |
Paid for alteration to gas line
in the Augusta office
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| December 8, 1864 |
Received weekly
shipping report instructions
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| December 11, 1864 |
Location of his
office published
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| December 16, 1864 |
Sample of shipments
by him
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| December 21, 1864 |
QMG asked why Sims
had not relieved Oliver of Transportation duties
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| January 10, 1865 |
Ordered to assume
more transportation duties
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| January 17, 1865 |
1 1/2 car loads iron
consigned to him from Charleston
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| January 21, 1865 |
Advised that the
Personal Transportation Office has moved
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| January 24, 1865 |
Was notified that a new officer
had been assigned in his area
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| January 25, 1865 |
Was advised of an
iron shipment to him from Charleston
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| January 28, 1865 |
Received Ordnance Stores for
shipment
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| February 6, 1865 |
Shipped medical stores
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| February 7, 1865 |
Georgia RR shipments were under
control of him
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| February 22, 1865 |
Mentioned as being on duty in Augusta
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| May 26, 1893 |
Died
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