|
Food Shipments to
Portsmouth |
| The transportation requests below were
requested by Commissary Major W. H. Smith from Quartermaster Capt.
George W. Grier in early 1862. They are not complete, just
representative of how the system worked. |
| Request Date |
Station |
Quantity |
Item |
| Jan. 27 |
Boykins |
150 bags (18,000#) |
Peas |
| Jan. 27 |
Margaretville |
24 bags (2880#) |
Peas |
| Jan. 27 |
Goldsboro, NC |
125 bbls (10,000#) |
Hard Bread |
| Jan. 30 |
Newsoms |
149 pieces (283#) |
Bacon |
| Jan. 30 |
Franklin |
50 bags (9,000#) |
Peas |
| Jan. 30 |
Branchville |
161 bags (19,320#) |
Peas |
| Jan. 30 |
Boykins |
165 bags (19,800) |
Peas |
| Jan. 31 |
Portsmouth to Goldsboro |
46 boxes (2,9360#) |
Beef |
| Feb. 1 |
Franklin |
20 bags (2,400#) |
Peas |
| Feb. 19 |
Boykins |
60 bags (7,200#) |
Peas |
|
| |
| Peas were packed 2 bushels per
bag, 60# per bushel. Each railroad car carried 16,000#. |
| All shipments were on the
Seaboard & Roanoke RR and were into Portsmouth, except the shipment from
Portsmouth to Goldsboro. |