| Quarter Master General's Department |
| Richmond, April 1st 1864 |
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| Lieut. Col. M. B. McMicken |
| Chief QMaster |
| Dalton, Geo. |
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| Your forage should now be
drawn from upper end of Georgia Railroad, and from line between
Atlanta and Montgomery. Not from Southwestern Georgia which must stand
for other Armies. I will endeavor to aid you promptly in matter of
socks. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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