| Quarter Master General's Department |
| Richmond, June 29th 1864 |
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| Col. J. S. Corley |
| Ch Qr Master |
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| Sir, |
| Your dispatch of yesterday was
not handed me until this morning. As soon as I find that the corn at
Weldon can reach Petersburg, I will arrange to have your daily wants
supplied out of that marked for the Commissary, if we have any there.
But I am satisfied the arrivals at Weldon since the date of Capt.
Venable's dispatch forwarded by you, have placed us on a different
footing at that depot. I trust you will be able soon to haul from the
bridge on the Weldon Road {the Petersburg RR}; as we cannot hope to see the
{Richmond &} Danville Road
opened again for ten days at least. The damage is very great, but not
yet exactly ascertained. |
| If we find it necessary to put
on a train to run over the "gap" on this Road, how many
teams can you furnish? It may be the only method of supplying
ourselves for these ten days, & I wish to put on such a train the
moment it is ascertained that it is practicable. We have no surplus
trains on hand, & you must therefore help us all you can. |
| As soon as the Danville Road
is open, you will be supplied from Burkesville by the Southside Road.
Until that happens (unless you can get something from Weldon) you must
depend on what you can collect around you, with such supplies in
addition as we can gather on the line of the Canal & {Virginia}
Central RR.
Officers & Agents have been sent already for this purpose, & I
hope for some result very soon. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. G. |
| Please send through by any
safe messenger who goes, the packages of mail matter I send you. |
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