| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, January 22nd 1862 |
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| Mr. W. E. Pierce |
| AQM |
| Weldon, N. C. |
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| Sir, |
| I am informed that the transportation of a
10 inch Columbiad to Fort Macon was greatly delayed, three days having
been consumed in the transportation from Richmond to Goldsboro, N. C.
You will promptly report the cause of this delay and when it was occasioned. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. General |
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