| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, January 22nd 1862 |
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| Capt. E. B. Branch |
| AQM |
| Petersburg, Va. |
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| Sir, |
| You will report the cause of the delay in
the transportation of a 10 inch Columbiad to Fort Macon, and state
when the delay was occasioned. |
| It appears that three days were consumed
in transporting it from Richmond to Goldsborough N. C. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. General |
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